Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-35474
CVE-2020-35474
Description
In MediaWiki before 1.35.1, the combination of Html::rawElement and Message::text leads to XSS because the definition of MediaWiki:recentchanges-legend-watchlistexpiry can be changed onwiki so that the output is raw HTML.
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Affected products
5- Range: <1.35.1
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268894nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.htmlnvdMailing ListRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/nvd
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