PT-2024-2676 · Mediawiki+2 · Mediawiki+2

Dreamy_Jazz · Published 2024-01-12 · Updated 2025-06-19 · CVE-2024-23172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.35.14 MediaWiki versions 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6 MediaWiki versions 1.40.x before 1.40.2

Description An issue in the CheckUser extension allows XSS to occur via message definitions, for example, in SpecialCheckUserLog. This can enable a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.35.14, update to version 1.35.14 or later. For versions 1.36.x through 1.39.x, update to version 1.39.6 or later. For versions 1.40.x, update to version 1.40.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-5905

BDU:2024-02785

BIT-MEDIAWIKI-2024-23172

CVE-2024-23172

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

Red Os

References · 9

• 🔥 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347708 · Exploit
• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/989179 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23172 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02785 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-23172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-mediawiki-2024-23172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67161 · Telegram Post
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure · Note
• https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/uyazvimosti/support/secure/uyazvimosti/mnozhestvennye-uyazvimosti-mediawiki-090424 · Note