Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2024· Updated Jun 4, 2025

CVE-2024-23172

Description

An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via message definitions. e.g., in SpecialCheckUserLog.

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Affected products

MediaWiki/Checkusercpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: before 1.35.14, 1.36.x-1.39.x before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2
osv-coords
pkg:bitnami/mediawiki
Range: < 1.41.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/989179mitre
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347708mitre

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