CVE-2020-35478

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
MediaWiki before 1.35.1 allows XSS via BlockLogFormatter.php. MediaWiki:blanknamespace potentially can be output as raw HTML with SCRIPT tags via LogFormatter::makePageLink(). This affects MediaWiki 1.33.0 and later.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-35478
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-12-18T08:15:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-05T16:02:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.33.0 1.35.1
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.html Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268938 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35478
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-35478
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:29:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 18:32:48 2020-12-18T08:15Z 2020-12-18T08:15:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 18:32:48 2022-10-05T16:02:03 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 18:32:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated