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CVE-2020-25812

Public exploit available. Not confirmed exploited in the wild yet. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.16.1MediumEPSS percentile66th1.1% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
Public exploit: 1 sourceFix5 products2 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, GitHub, BDU

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What to do

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  • Packagist mediawiki/coreAffected: ≥ 1.34.0, < 1.34.3Upgrade to: 1.34.3Stated by: GitHub advisory
  • MediawikiAffected: ≥ 1.34.0, < 1.34.4Upgrade to: 1.34.4Stated by: NVD
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Debian GNU/LinuxAffected: 10Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Fedora Project FedoraAffected: 33Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU
  • Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения MediaWikiAffected: от 1.34.0 до 1.34.4Upgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

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What it is

From the CVE record

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.34.x before 1.34.4. On Special:Contributions, the NS filter uses unescaped messages as keys in the option key for an HTMLForm specifier. This is vulnerable to a mild XSS if one of those messages is changed to include raw HTML.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS66th
Public exploit
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

1 source with a proof of concept or module.

Exploit links, PoCs and Metasploit modules after sign-in
EPSS

1.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 66th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

The patch came 471 days before any public exploit.

  1. OpenVAS check added
  2. Public exploit / PoCsource: github-poc
  3. Patch availablerecord updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Scored 6.1 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
  • User Interaction RequiredA user must click a link, open a file, or perform some action

Scope

  • Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality LowSome restricted information is disclosed, but limited in scope
  • Integrity LowData modification is possible but limited in scope or consequence
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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