CVE-2024-47815: XSS in MediaWiki Extension IncidentReporting
CVE-2024-47815 Published on October 9, 2024
Cross-site Scripting in IncidentReporting
IncidentReporting is a MediaWiki extension for moving incident reports from wikitext to database tables. There are a variety of Cross-site Scripting issues, though all of them require elevated permissions. Some are available to anyone who has the `editincidents` right, some are available to those who can edit interface messages (typically administrators and interface admins), and one is available to those who can edit LocalSettings.php. These issues have been addressed in commit `43896a4` and all users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should prevent access to the Special:IncidentReports page.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-47815 can be exploited with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a high impact on integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Types
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2024-47815 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
What is a Basic XSS Vulnerability?
The software receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This may allow such characters to be treated as control characters, which are executed client-side in the context of the user's session. Although this can be classified as an injection problem, the more pertinent issue is the improper conversion of such special characters to respective context-appropriate entities before displaying them to the user.
CVE-2024-47815 has been classified to as a Basic XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-47815
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Affected Versions
miraheze IncidentReporting Version commits prior to 43896a4 is affected by CVE-2024-47815Exploit Probability
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