CVE-2024-23171 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in the CampaignEvents extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. The Special:EventDetails page allows XSS via the x-xss language setting for internationalization (i18n).

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 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

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References

Link	Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I70d71c409193e904684dfb706d424b0a815fa6f6
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348343

History

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +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: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-20T16:45:30.614Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23171

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:59:31.305Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T05:15:10.033

Modified: 2025-06-20T17:15:39.930

Link: CVE-2024-23171

Redhat

No data.

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