An issue was discovered in the MassMessage extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:MassMessage?uselang=x-xss URL, the i18n key massmessage-form-page-help allows XSS.

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Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Title MassMessage Extension Cross‑Site Scripting via i18n Key in MediaWiki

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Description An issue was discovered in the MassMessage extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:MassMessage?uselang=x-xss URL, the i18n key massmessage-form-page-help allows XSS.
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-14T15:23:47.638Z

Reserved: 2024-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23176

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-14T07:17:16.097

Modified: 2026-09-14T16:17:04.980

Link: CVE-2024-23176

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Updated: 2026-09-14T12:30:21Z

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