CVE-2024-47815 Cross-site Scripting in IncidentReporting
Attackers with elevated permissions can execute arbitrary scripts via Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities in the IncidentReporting extension.
- 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-2024-47815?
CVE-2024-47815 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in miraheze IncidentReporting, published on 9 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IncidentReporting is a MediaWiki extension for moving incident reports from wikitext to database tables. There are a variety of Cross-site Scripting issues, though all of them require elevated permissions. Some are available to anyone who has the `editincidents` right, some are available to those who can edit interface messages (typically administrators and interface admins), and one is available to those who can edit LocalSettings.php. These issues have been addressed in commit `43896a4` and all users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should prevent access to the Special:IncidentReports page.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47815?
How do I fix CVE-2024-47815?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47815 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-2024-47815 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-47815 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9p36-hrmr-98r9.