Description
The Cosmos Skin for MediaWiki through 1.35.0 has stored XSS because MediaWiki messages were not being properly escaped. This is related to wfMessage and Html::rawElement, as demonstrated by CosmosSocialProfile::getUserGroups.
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://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Cosmos/+/634749Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Cosmos/+/634751Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Cosmos/+/634752Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265440Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Cosmos/+/634749Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Cosmos/+/634751Vendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Cosmos/+/634752Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T265440Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 22, 2020
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified