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01 Record

CVE-2021-45472

In MediaWiki through 1.37, XSS can occur in Wikibase because an external identifier property can have a URL format that includes a $1 formatter substitution marker, and the javascript: URL scheme

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

In MediaWiki through 1.37, XSS can occur in Wikibase because an external identifier property can have a URL format that includes a $1 formatter substitution marker, and the javascript: URL scheme

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 62.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-12-24 01:04Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 04:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-12-24
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
b57019e2a7d265f74f96d1285283139c69a5630e72545ccfc2db7a296fbdfc08

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
mediawikimediawikiNot specified—
redhatopenshiftNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 25.10

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 26.10

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS

  • mediawiki
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.