Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2023-37251

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The...

6.1 MediumFix available

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

0.40%Up 0.4 points since Jun 30, 2023
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Record
CVE-2023-37251
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Record
CVE-2023-37251
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-41171 No score

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Record
EUVD-2023-41171
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9f9w-jm83-5247 6.1

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The...

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Record
GHSA-9f9w-jm83-5247
CVSS 3.1
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBIT-mediawiki-2023-37251 No score

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Record
BIT-mediawiki-2023-37251
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

An issue was discovered in the GoogleAnalyticsMetrics extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. The googleanalyticstrackurl parser function does not properly escape JavaScript in the onclick handler and does not prevent use of javascript: URLs.

Record
CVE-2023-37251
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mediawiki
Bitnami
before 1.39.4
1.39.4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2023-37251 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Mediawiki, published June 29, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. Fixed in mediawiki 1.39.4.

References

MoveEnter Open