TitleIcon: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via #titleicon_unicode parser function

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title TitleIcon: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via #titleicon_unicode parser function
Type cve
Published 2025-07-08T17:27:17.643Z
Modified 2025-07-08T17:27:17.643Z

Product Information

Vendor Wikimedia Foundation
Product Mediawiki – TitleIcon extension
Version 1.39.x

CVSS Information

Base Score 0.0 ()

AI Analysis

AI Description A stored XSS vulnerability in the TitleIcon extension for MediaWiki allows attackers to inject JavaScript via the #titleicon_unicode parser function due to unsanitized user input.
AI Severity High
AI Vendor Wikimedia Foundation
AI Product TitleIcon extension
AI Version 1.39.x, 1.42.x, 1.43.x

Affected Products

  • Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – TitleIcon extension 1.39.x
  • Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – TitleIcon extension 1.42.x
  • Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki – TitleIcon extension 1.43.x

Additional Information

CWE List CWE-79
Source wikimedia-foundation

Description

The TitleIcon extension for MediaWiki is vulnerable to stored XSS through the #titleicon_unicode parser function. User input passed to this function is wrapped in an HtmlArmor object without sanitization and rendered directly into the page header, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript.

This issue affects Mediawiki – TitleIcon extension: from 1.39.X before 1.39.13, from 1.42.X before 1.42.7, from 1.43.X before 1.43.2.

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