CVE-2024-47841
Published: 05 October 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-47841 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Wikimedia Wikimedia-Extensions-Css. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-47841 is a path traversal vulnerability, tracked as CWE-22, that affects the CSS Extension for MediaWiki. The flaw stems from improper limitation of pathnames to restricted directories and impacts versions 1.42.X prior to 1.42.2, 1.41.X prior to 1.41.3, and 1.39.X prior to 1.39.9.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network with low complexity to read or write files outside intended directories, resulting in limited impacts to confidentiality and integrity without affecting availability.
Patches addressing the vulnerability have been published through Wikimedia's Gerrit and Phabricator systems, with fixes incorporated into the corrected releases noted above. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.2891 with no material increase observed since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-42706
Vulnerability details
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CSS Extension allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Mediawiki - CSS Extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.2, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.39.X before…
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1.39.9.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.