CVE-2024-23173

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: yes
Published: 2024-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in the Cargo 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. The Special:Drilldown page allows XSS via artist, album, and position parameters because of applied filter values in drilldown/CargoAppliedFilter.php.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: before 1.35.14; from 1.36.0 before 1.39.6; from 1.40.0 before 1.40.2 — fixed in 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cargo/+/965214
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348687
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cargo/+/965214
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348687

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