CVE-2021-41798

NameCVE-2021-41798
DescriptionMediaWiki before 1.36.2 allows XSS. Month related MediaWiki messages are not escaped before being used on the Special:Search results page.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2779-1, DSA-4979-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)stretch (security)1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1:1.27.7-1+deb9u13fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)1:1.31.16-1+deb10u8fixed
bullseye1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie1:1.39.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourcestretch1:1.27.7-1~deb9u10DLA-2779-1
mediawikisourcebuster1:1.31.16-1~deb10u1DSA-4979-1
mediawikisourcebullseye1:1.35.4-1~deb11u1DSA-4979-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.35.4-1

Notes

https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/2IFS5CM2YV4VMSODPX3J2LFHKSEWVFV5/
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T285515

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