Findings

CVE-2026-39838

Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - ProofreadPage Extension allows X…

Published Apr 7, 2026 · updated Jul 21, 2026

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 branch, and in the release branches for MediaWiki versions 1.43, 1.44, and 1.45.

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  1. Apr 7, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 branch, and in the release branches for MediaWiki versions 1.43, 1.44, and 1.45.

  2. Jul 21, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 branch, and in the release branches for MediaWiki versions 1.43, 1.44, and 1.45.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-39838

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  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-39838

    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 branch, and in the release branch

    nvd.nist.gov

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