🛡️ CVE-2023-51704 on Ubuntu — mediawiki

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. In includes/logging/RightsLogFormatter.php, group-*-member messages can result in XSS on Special:log/rights.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-51704 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package mediawiki. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51704 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51704 is recorded against 1 package.

  • mediawiki

Timeline and source

Published on 22 December 2023 and last revised on 27 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
lists.wikimedia.org (Report)
phabricator.wikimedia.org (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

CVE-2023-51704 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-22
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-05-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mediawiki — —

Similar Threats

Vulnerability Monitoring

Track new vulnerabilities in mediawiki

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-51704 is rated CVSS 5.0 Medium. BotEraser monitors your WordPress installation and notifies you when software you use appears in our vulnerability database.

Set Up Free Alerts →

No credit card required  ·  Results in minutes

ⓘ Data Notice: The information presented above has been compiled from publicly available internet sources. Boteraser aggregates this data solely for informational purposes and does not independently classify, evaluate, or endorse any findings about the vulnerabilities listed. The accuracy and completeness of this information is the sole responsibility of the original publishers. Boteraser and its operators accept no liability for any decisions made based on this data.

Browse related advisories

All advisoriesUbuntuUbuntu 2023