How to fix CVE-2024-23179?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.

Is Mediawiki affected by CVE-2024-23179?

Organizations using the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki should be aware of moderate risk from CVE-2024-23179, a cross-site scripting vulnerability rated CVSS 6.1. Attackers could inject scripts to steal sessions or perform actions as authenticated users.

CVE-2024-23179

MEDIUM

2024-01-12 [email protected]

6.1

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:34 vuln.today

Patch Released

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:34 nvd

Patch available

PoC Detected

Nov 21, 2024 - 08:57 vuln.today

Public exploit code

CVE Published

Jan 12, 2024 - 06:15 nvd

MEDIUM 6.1

Description

An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks.

Analysis

An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks. Affected products include: Mediawiki. Version information: before 1.40.2..

Affected Products

Mediawiki.

Remediation

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.

Priority Score

Low Medium High Critical

KEV: 0

EPSS: +0.4

CVSS: +30

POC: +20

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