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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2021-42041
CVE-2021-42041:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An issue was discovered in CentralAuth in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The rightsnone MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript via the setchange log (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2021-42041 with a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.1 MEDIUM and CVSS v2.0 score of 4.3 MEDIUM. The issue stems from improper sanitization of the rightsnone MediaWiki message in the CentralAuth component, which could lead to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks (CISA).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to inject and execute arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code through the setchange log, potentially compromising user sessions and executing malicious code in users' browsers (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to a version of MediaWiki newer than 1.36.2 which contains the fix for this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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