Description
In MediaWiki before 1.31.10 and 1.32.x through 1.34.x before 1.34.4, XSS related to jQuery can occur. The attacker creates a message with [javascript:payload xss] and turns it into a jQuery object with mw.message().parse(). The expected result is that the jQuery object does not contain an <a> tag (or it does not have a href attribute, or it's empty, etc.). The actual result is that the object contains an <a href ="javascript... that executes when clicked.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 6.1/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mediawiki.jqueryMsgVendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.htmlMailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mediawiki.jqueryMsgVendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 27, 2020
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified