CVE-2021-39186
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.1)—
GlobalNewFiles is a MediaWiki extension maintained by Miraheze. Prior to commit number cee254e1b158cdb0ddbea716b1d3edc31fa4fb5d, the username column of the GlobalNewFiles special page is vulnerable to a stored XSS. Commit number cee254e1b158cdb0ddbea716b1d3edc31fa4fb5d contains a patch. As a workaround, one may disallow <,> (or other characters required to insert html/js) from being used in account names so an XSS is not possible.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 1.01%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 62
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-20
Referencias
- https://github.com/miraheze/GlobalNewFiles/commit/cee254e1b158cdb0ddbea716b1d3edc31fa4fb5d
- https://github.com/miraheze/GlobalNewFiles/security/advisories/GHSA-57p5-hqjq-h7vg
- https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T7935
- https://github.com/miraheze/GlobalNewFiles/commit/cee254e1b158cdb0ddbea716b1d3edc31fa4fb5d
- https://github.com/miraheze/GlobalNewFiles/security/advisories/GHSA-57p5-hqjq-h7vg
- https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T7935
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