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CVE-2026-58030: Wikimedia Foundation SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Wikimedia Foundation SyntaxHighlight_GeSHiSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade to 1.46.0 when convenient.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 23:54 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.46.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 1 Jul 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 14 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Wikimedia Foundation SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi to 1.46.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Wikimedia FoundationSyntaxHighlight_GeSHiAffected
  • < 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9
Fixed in
  • 1.46.0

AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, consider restricting access to the affected component or applying input validation and output encoding as temporary mitigations if feasible.

Description

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

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