CVE-2021-45472 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MediaWiki through version 1.37, including specific Fedora distributions. The flaw allows an attacker to inject malicious scripts via a crafted URL format in an external identifier property, leveraging the javascript: URL scheme. With a CVSS score of 6.1, successful exploitation requires user interaction and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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