CVE-2023-35938

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jun 29, 2023
Updated: Jul 10, 2023
CWE ID 281

Summary

CVE-2023-37255 is a vulnerability affecting the CheckUser extension in MediaWiki versions up to 1.39.3. This issue allows an attacker to inject HTML code through the User-Agent HTTP request header in the "get edits" type request in Special:CheckUser. An attacker could potentially manipulate the display or steal sensitive information from the interface. Users are advised to update their MediaWiki installations as soon as possible to mitigate this risk.

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