CVE-2024-25109 Cross-Site Scripting in the extensions, settings, permissions and namespaces subpages of ManageWiki

Medium 6.5 Published 9 Feb 2024 Updated 1 Aug 2024

An attacker with editinterface rights can inject malicious scripts into ManageWiki settings pages, potentially compromising user sessions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-25109?

CVE-2024-25109 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in miraheze ManageWiki, published on 9 Feb 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ManageWiki is a MediaWiki extension allowing users to manage wikis. Special:ManageWiki does not escape escape interface messages on the `columns` and `help` keys on the form descriptor. An attacker may exploit this and would have a cross site scripting attack vector. Exploiting this on-wiki requires the `(editinterface)` right. Users should apply the code changes in commits `886cc6b94`, `2ef0f50880`, and `6942e8b2c` to resolve this vulnerability. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25109?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Miraheze Managewiki.

How do I fix CVE-2024-25109?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25109 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-25109 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25109 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4jr2-jhfm-2r84.