CVE-2020-35479

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-35479
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-18 08:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:21:00 UTC
DescriptionMediaWiki 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4816-1 mediawiki DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[MediaWiki-announce] Security and maintenance release: 1.31.11 / 1.35.1 MISC lists.wikimedia.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mediawiki-1.35.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: mediawiki-1.35.1-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
⚓ T268938 BlockLogFormatter can output raw html (CVE-2020-35478, CVE-2020-35479) MISC phabricator.wikimedia.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2504-1] mediawiki security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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