CVE-2024-23179

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 12, 2024
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2024-23179: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix