CVE-2022-34911 | BDVDB-2026-179413 Detail
Description#
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.7, 1.36.x and 1.37.x before 1.37.3, and 1.38.x before 1.38.1. XSS can occur in configurations that allow a JavaScript payload in a username. After account creation, when it sets the page title to "Welcome" followed by the username, the username is not escaped: SpecialCreateAccount::successfulAction() calls ::showSuccessPage() with a message as second parameter, and OutputPage::setPageTitle() uses text().
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T308471
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N5ZBWLNNPZKFK7Q4KEHGCJ2YELQEUJP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DKKOQXPYLMBSEVDHFS32BPBR3ZQJKY5B/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00027.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5246
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-24
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.