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MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability - CVE-2020-35622 - Vulnerability Database
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MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability - CVE-2020-35622

Medium
Reference: CVE-2020-35622
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35622
Title: MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability
Overview:

An issue was discovered in the GlobalUsage extension for MediaWiki through 1.35.1. SpecialGlobalUsage.php calls WikiMap::makeForeignLink unsafely. The page variable within the formatItem function was not being properly escaped allowing for XSS under certain conditions.