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MEDIUM
CVE-2021-30458
Wikimedia Parsoid Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in Wikimedia Parsoid before 0.11.1 and 0.12.x before 0.12.2. An attacker can send crafted wikitext that Utils/WTUtils.php will transform by using a <meta> tag, bypassing sanitization steps, and potentially allowing for XSS.

INFO

Published Date :

April 9, 2021, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-30458 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wikimedia parsoid
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-30458.

URL Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279451 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279451 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40 Third Party Advisory
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid Vendor Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-30458 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279451
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40
    Added Reference https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40 Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 17, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279451 No Types Assigned https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T279451 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid No Types Assigned https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-79
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wikimedia:parsoid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.11.1 *cpe:2.3:a:wikimedia:parsoid:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* versions from (including) 0.12.0 up to (excluding) 0.12.2
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} -0.02%

score

0.32180

percentile

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