Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 18, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-35479
CVE-2020-35479
Description
MediaWiki before 1.35.1 allows XSS via BlockLogFormatter.php. Language::translateBlockExpiry itself does not escape in all code paths. For example, the return of Language::userTimeAndDate is is always unsafe for HTML in a month value. This affects MediaWiki 1.12.0 and later.
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References
5- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4816mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00034.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268938mitrex_refsource_MISC
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