Improper neutralization of Script-Related HTML tags in a web page (basic XSS) vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki MediaSearch extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS).

This issue affects MediaWiki MediaSearch extension: 1.46, 1.45, and 1.43.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki MediaSearch extension unaffected
Version Status Constraints
1.46 affected —
1.45 affected —
1.43 affected —

No data.

No data.

No data.

Project Subscriptions

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I79e8200289bd120c3c971ba830776eaae779bb99 cve-icon
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T435999 cve-icon
History

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper neutralization of Script-Related HTML tags in a web page (basic XSS) vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki MediaSearch extension allows Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). This issue affects MediaWiki MediaSearch extension: 1.46, 1.45, and 1.43.
Title attacker-controlled javascript license URL via XSS
Weaknesses CWE-80
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 1.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:P/S:N/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber'}

Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-30T22:17:37.554Z

Reserved: 2026-09-30T22:09:48.919Z

Link: CVE-2026-103585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses