An issue was discovered in the Cargo extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x…
Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
An issue was discovered in the Cargo extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. The Special:Drilldown page allows XSS via artist, album, and position parameters because of applied filter values in drilldown/CargoAppliedFilter.php.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00424 36th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed mediawiki/cargo (Packagist): 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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 |
| — | mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) | before 1.35.14 | 1.35.14 | Patch available | GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg |
| — | mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) | 1.36.0 to before 1.39.6 | 1.39.6 | Patch available | GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg |
| — | mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) | 1.40.0 to before 1.40.2 | 1.40.2 | Patch available | GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 1.35.14 Fixed in 1.35.14 Patch available GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg
- mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 1.36.0 to before 1.39.6 Fixed in 1.39.6 Patch available GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg
- mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 1.40.0 to before 1.40.2 Fixed in 1.40.2 Patch available GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.35.14; 1.36.0 to before 1.39.6; 1.40.0 to before 1.40.2 | Vulnerable | mediawiki |
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.35.14; 1.36.0 to before 1.39.6; 1.40.0 to before 1.40.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Fixed in 1.35.14 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Fixed in 1.39.6 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg mediawiki/cargo (Packagist) Fixed in 1.40.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-23173
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg
References
More Mediawiki vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-18933 An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-13576 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-03312 Stored XSS leads to privilege escalation in MediaWiki v1.40.0 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
- TI-2026-42109 Cross-site request forgery in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RedirectManager Extension CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2024-22822 An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2023-18935 An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage (aka Proofread Page) extension for MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2024-23173 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-23173 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rhpm-63w5-79rg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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