Wikisource Category Browser index.php cross site scripting

published 2023-01-17 3y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-1071

cvss: 3.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Wikisource Category Browser. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument lang leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The patch is named 764f4e8ce3f9242637df77530c70ae8a2ec4b6a1. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-218415.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

mediawiki wikisource_category_browser 2015-07-10

github.com/wikisource/ws-cat-browser@764f4e8 commit

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Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	3.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	3.0	3.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CNA	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Wikisource Category Browser

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

github.com /wikisource/ws-cat-browser/commit/764f4e8ce3f9242637df77530c70ae8a2ec4b6a1
patch, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.218415
vdb-entry, technical-description, permissions-required, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.218415
signature, permissions-required, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2015-10058
NVD CVE-2015-10058

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