CVE-2024-23177 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in the WatchAnalytics extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via the Special:PageStatistics page parameter.

Published: 2024-01-12

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-20696	An issue was discovered in the WatchAnalytics extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via the Special:PageStatistics page parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00386.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce%40lists.wikimedia.org/message/TDBUBCCOQJUT4SCHJNPHKQNPBUUETY52/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348979

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:06:45.120Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23177

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T22:59:32.079Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-12T06:15:47.297

Modified: 2025-06-03T14:15:46.497

Link: CVE-2024-23177

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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