MediumFix available
mediawiki — security advisory
An issue was discovered 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. In includes/logging/RightsLogFormatter.php, group-*-member messages can result in XSS on Special:log/rights.
- Products
- mediawiki
- Affected versions
- 1:1.39.2-1, 1:1.39.4-1, 1:1.39.4-1~deb12u1, 1:1.39.4-2, 1:1.39.5-1, 1:1.39.5-1~deb12u1, 1:1.39.6-1
- Fixed versions
- 1:1.39.6-1, 1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-51704
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 15:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered 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. In includes/logging/RightsLogFormatter.php, group-*-member messages can result in XSS on Special:log/rights.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2023-51704
mediawiki
Fixed versions: 1:1.39.7-1~deb12u1
mediawiki
Fixed versions: 1:1.39.6-1
mediawiki
Fixed versions: 1:1.39.6-1
Complete source record
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