6.1

CVE-2026-58038: mediawiki Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 01-07-2026Last modified 01-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-58038 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation timeline. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/Timeline.Php, scripts/EasyTimeline.Pl. This issue affects timeline: from * before 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki≥ 1.43.0, < 1.43.9 | ≥ 1.44.0, < 1.44.6 | ≥ 1.45.0, < 1.45.4 | 1.46.0:rc0
Wikimedia foundation1 product
  • timeline< 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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