An issue was discovered in the Foreground skin for MediaWiki through 1.42.1.

published 2024-07-06 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also BIT-mediawiki-2024-40605 , EUVD-2024-38541

cvss: 4.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in the Foreground skin for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. There is stored XSS via MediaWiki:Sidebar top-level menu entries.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

bitnami mediawiki 1.44.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-07-24)

Exploit prediction

0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

phabricator.wikimedia.org https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T361452 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
OSV	3.1	4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	mediawiki	<1.44.0	1.44.0

Affected products

mediawiki mediawiki

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

phabricator.wikimedia.org /T361452
exploit, issue-tracking, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40605
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary