CVE-2023-45360 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. There is XSS in youhavenewmessagesmanyusers and youhavenewmessages i18n messages. This is related to MediaWiki:Youhavenewmessagesfromusers.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.40.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.40.0:rc0::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45360
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T340221
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45360

History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FU2FGUXXK6TMV6R52VRECLC6XCSQQISY/

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:12:44.674Z

Reserved: 2023-10-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-45360

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T17:12:44.674Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-11-03T05:15:30.730

Modified: 2025-11-04T18:15:41.683

Link: CVE-2023-45360

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-45360 - Bugzilla

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