MediaWiki Apex Skin Stored XSS before 1.42.2
CVE-2024-47840 Published on October 5, 2024

Stored XSS through sidebar in Apex skin
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Apex skin allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Apex skin: from 1.39.X before 1.39.9, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

NVD

Weakness Type

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-2024-47840 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.


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Affected Versions

The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Apex skin: wikimedia mediawiki-apex_skin:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.66%
Percentile
70.75%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.