Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2021-46146 (CCN-216874)

Assigned:2021-10-16
Published:2021-10-16
Updated:2022-01-13
Summary:An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. The WikibaseMediaInfo component is vulnerable to XSS via the caption fields for a given media file.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
5.2 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
6.4 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
6.1 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:H/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:3.5 Low (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.5 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-79
Vulnerability Consequences:Cross-Site Scripting
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2021-46146

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-cve202146146-xss(216874)

Source: CCN
Type: Phabricator T293556
Stored XSS via WikibaseMediaInfo caption fields at commons.wikimedia.org

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Web site
MediaWiki

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.35.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.36.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.37.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.35.4
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.36.2
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.37.0 -