# CVE-2020-35474: In MediaWiki before 1.35.1, the combination of Html::rawElement and Message::text leads to XSS because the definition of MediaWiki:recentcha

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-12-18 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In MediaWiki before 1.35.1, the combination of Html::rawElement and Message::text leads to XSS because the definition of MediaWiki:recentchanges-legend-watchlistexpiry can be changed onwiki so that the output is raw HTML.

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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T268894
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2020-December/000268.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/STT5Z4A3BCXVH3WIPICWU2FP4IPIMUPC/

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