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CVE-2022-4561: SemanticDrilldown Extension GET Parameter SDBrowseDataPage.php printFilterLine cross site scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-12-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-707

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SemanticDrilldown Extension. Affected is the function printFilterLine of the file includes/specials/SDBrowseDataPage.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument value leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The name of the patch is 6e18cf740a4548166c1d95f6d3a28541d298a3aa. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215964.

Affected products

• SemanticDrilldown Extension: before 2022-08-12 — fixed in 2022-08-12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SemanticDrilldown Extension 2022-08-12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-SemanticDrilldown/commit/6e18cf740a4548166c1d95f6d3a28541d298a3aa
• https://vuldb.com/?id.215964
• https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-SemanticDrilldown/commit/6e18cf740a4548166c1d95f6d3a28541d298a3aa
• https://vuldb.com/?id.215964

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