CVE-2021-42048
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-10-06 20:47
Modified
2024-08-04 03:22
Severity ?
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Growth extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. Any admin can add arbitrary JavaScript code to the Newcomer home page footer, which can be executed by viewers with zero edits.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Iaa90a8976834d70caad592e9d1b18510318db537Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289064Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Iaa90a8976834d70caad592e9d1b18510318db537Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T289064Patch, Vendor Advisory
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