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CVE-2022-42985

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42985 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ScratchLogin extension (through version 1.1) for MediaWiki. This flaw allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts due to improper escaping of verification failure messages. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 4.8), exploitation requires high privileges and user interaction, leading to potential low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:scratch-wiki:scratch_login:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 4,931 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/blob/4d2c1229b558b9cd685961274f20b621d114f4db/ScratchLogin.common.php
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / InternationalScratchWiki/mediawiki-scratch-login/pull/22
PatchThird Party Advisory