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CVE-2026-58037: Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki · XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting'

Affects Wikimedia Foundation MediaWikiSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 0.0 High : upgrade to 1.46.0 soon.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 23:54 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
0.0High
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:A/VC:N/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 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade MediaWiki and mediawiki/mediawiki to 1.46.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Wikimedia FoundationMediaWikiAffected
  • < 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9
Fixed in
  • 1.46.0
Packagistmediawiki/mediawikipkg:composer/mediawiki/mediawikiOther threatsAffected
  • <1.46.0
Fixed in
  • 1.46.0

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AI-suggested

If you cannot patch yet, consider applying temporary mitigations such as input validation or output encoding where feasible, but these should be guided by vendor recommendations once available.

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/Language/Language.Php, includes/Logging/BlockLogFormatter.Php, includes/Logging/LogFormatter.Php, includes/Logging/PatrolLogFormatter.Php, includes/Logging/RenameuserLogFormatter.Php, includes/Logging/TagLogFormatter.Php, includes/Specials/SpecialVersion.Php. This issue affects MediaWiki: from * before 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9.

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