# CVE-2022-21710: Cross-site Scripting in ShortDescription extension

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.4
- Published: 2022-01-24 · Updated: 2025-04-22

## Affected

- StarCitizenTools mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription: fixed in 2.3.4

## Description

ShortDescription is a MediaWiki extension that provides local short description support. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in versions prior to 2.3.4. On a wiki that has the ShortDescription enabled, XSS can be triggered on any page or the page with the action=info parameter, which displays the shortdesc property. This is achieved using the wikitext `{{SHORTDESC:<img src=x onerror=alert()>}}`. This issue has a patch in version 2.3.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on StarCitizenTools mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription/security/advisories/GHSA-mgcp-qw2r-6832
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription/commit/7c86644158388620c6c858258cc4e1a8de6e48ea
- https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription/commit/bf568edd892adb8528dcb64f75dddf3eeaccc12c

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