CVE-2024-47841 Path traversal when loading stylesheets
An attacker can read arbitrary files from the server by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability in the MediaWiki CSS Extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-47841?
CVE-2024-47841 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CSS Extension, published on 5 Oct 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CSS Extension allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Mediawiki - CSS Extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.2, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.39.X before 1.39.9.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47841?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wikimedia Wikimedia-Extensions-Css.
How do I fix CVE-2024-47841?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47841 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-47841 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-47841 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CSS Extension
Sources
Also known as GHSA-44q7-44r8-rqj7.