# CVE-2026-39838: ProofreadPage improperly sanitizes multiline styles using Sanitizer::checkCSS

- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.43
- Published: 2026-04-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - ProofreadPage Extension: fixed in 1.43

## Description

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - ProofreadPage Extension allows XSS Targeting Non-Script Elements. The issue has been remediated on the `master` branch, and in the release branches for MediaWiki versions 1.43, 1.44, and 1.45.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - ProofreadPage Extension, upgrade to a fixed version (1.43) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T406088
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Idd51e18479b32b7176b43ff74ca1c49d6bdd0628

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