TI-2022-20963 Aliases CVE-2022-42985 GHSA-rmx9-w5vx-r35r

The ScratchLogin extension through 1.1 for MediaWiki does not escape verification failure…

LOW 22CWE-79Published 2022-11-17 · Updated 2025-04-25

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The ScratchLogin extension through 1.1 for MediaWiki does not escape verification failure messages, which allows users with administrator privileges to perform cross-site scripting (XSS).

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00406 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:scratch-wiki:scratch_login::::::mediawiki::*	up to 1.1	Vulnerable	Scratch-wiki

cpe:2.3:a:scratch-wiki:scratch_login:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* Versions up to 1.1 Vulnerable ·Scratch-wiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-42985
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rmx9-w5vx-r35r

References

Patch 2

TI-2020-11936 Authentication Bypass in Scratch Login (mediawiki-scratch-login) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0

Sources

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