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Servers and applications

CVE-2024-23179

An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks.

Severity
Medium 6.1
Published
12 Jan 2024
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
1.40.2
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MediaWikiServers and applications · cpe:a:mediawiki:mediawiki
  • Every version before 1.40.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23179
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23179