CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-58038

MediumCVSS 6.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Timeline extension for MediaWiki allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript due to improper input neutralization during page generation. The issue affects includes/Timeline.php and scripts/EasyTimeline.pl.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can steal user sessions, redirect users to malicious sites, or perform other actions in the victim's browser context, compromising data confidentiality and integrity.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Timeline extension to version 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, or 1.43.9 depending on your MediaWiki branch.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation timeline. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/Timeline.Php, scripts/EasyTimeline.Pl. This issue affects timeline: from * before 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS