PT-2024-28938 · Mediawiki+1 · Mediawiki+1

Ashley · Published 2024-07-06 · Updated 2025-06-19 · CVE-2024-40602

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions through 1.42.1

Description An issue was discovered in the Tempo skin for MediaWiki. There is stored XSS via MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries.

Recommendations For versions through 1.42.1, consider disabling the Tempo skin until a patch is available. Restrict access to the MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2025-5905

BIT-MEDIAWIKI-2024-40602

CVE-2024-40602

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40602 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40602 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-mediawiki-2024-40602 · Vendor Advisory
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361451 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1809733870574793122 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/158 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1809826205513797799 · Twitter Post