CVE-2021-42048

Published Sep 29, 2022

Last updated 5 months ago

CVSS medium 4.8

Overview

Description: An issue was discovered in the Growth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Any admin can add arbitrary JavaScript code to the Newcomer home page footer, which can be executed by viewers with zero edits.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.8
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 1.7
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "852AD0A4-1F54-4352-8554-34DE96EF04D9",
            "versionEndIncluding": "1.36.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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