01 Record
CVE-2021-46150
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. Special:CheckUserLog allows CheckUser XSS because of date mishandling, as demonstrated by an XSS
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. Special:CheckUserLog allows CheckUser XSS because of date mishandling, as demonstrated by an XSS
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
- 0.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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
- Low. 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
- 2022-01-07 05:53Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 05:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-01-07
- 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
- 6a3a2d4462c08f038d7bd6b77c56adf9179e065ead91c940b20f89d8d3ce8b84
05 Affected products
06 References
- phabricator.wikimedia.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T292795
- gerrit.wikimedia.orghttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/79c2c49a18f96b159258958feca90fce964c350a