Security advisory

{
  "id": "3599b52bfcfbca545fd6f86e1272e7968c7cab6ca47bc5d5d6150b46f6018351",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-35622",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-35622",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in the GlobalUsage extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. SpecialGlobalUsage.php calls WikiMap::makeForeignLink unsafely. The $page variable within the formatItem function was not being properly escaped, allowing for XSS under certain conditions.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-35622",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-35622",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-mediawiki-2020-35622",
        "CVE-2020-35622"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3e26b5ff1468f98cf306575d125b29a6645bf2ea"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.35.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.35.1",
            "1.35.0",
            "1.35.0-rc.3",
            "1.35.0-rc.2",
            "1.35.0-rc.1",
            "1.35.0-rc.0",
            "test-hashar-for-ci",
            "1.6.0",
            "1.5.0beta4",
            "1.5.0beta3",
            "1.5.0beta2",
            "1.5.0beta1",
            "1.5.0alpha2",
            "1.5.0alpha1",
            "1.3.0beta1",
            "1.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-35622.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:00.003245094Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268341",
        "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/GlobalUsage/+/646744"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-35622",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439444,
  "published_at": "2020-12-21T23:15:12.373+00:00"
}