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CVE-2021-42042

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.8 EPSS 0.55%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-10-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.8. It affects Java.

CVE
CVE-2021-42042
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.8
EPSS
0.55%
Java

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in SpecialEditGrowthConfig in the GrowthExperiments extension in MediaWiki through 1.36.2. The growthexperiments-edit-config-error-invalid-title MediaWiki message was not being properly sanitized and allowed for the injection and execution of HTML and JavaScript.

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