6.9

CVE-2024-47840: the wikimedia foundation mediawiki - apex skin Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.9v4.0MediumAnalyzed
Published 05-10-2024Last modified 07-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-47840 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the wikimedia foundation mediawiki - apex skin. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.33%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 05-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - Apex skin allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Mediawiki - Apex skin: from 1.39.X before 1.39.9, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.42.X before 1.42.2.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.33%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

25%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.33% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.33%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (phabricator.wikimedia.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

The wikimedia foundation1 product
Wikimedia1 product
  • apex≥ 1.13.0, < 1.39.9 | ≥ 1.41.0, < 1.41.3 | ≥ 1.42.0, < 1.42.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

3 links