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CVE-2024-23173: MediaWiki Cargo Extension Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

January 12, 2024 (updated September 29, 2025)

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.

References

  • gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Cargo/+/965214
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg
  • github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Cargo
  • github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Cargo/commit/e4f0b7fb11da0e4b18f2c416101965e417ba3bd2
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23173
  • phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348687

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.35.14, all versions starting from 1.36.0 before 1.39.6, all versions starting from 1.40.0 before 1.40.2

Fixed versions

  • 1.35.14
  • 1.39.6
  • 1.40.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

packagist/mediawiki/cargo/CVE-2024-23173.yml

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