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CVE-2026-103442

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Description

External control of system or configuration setting vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki CentralAuth extension allows Code Injection. This issue affects MediaWiki CentralAuth extension: 1.46, 1.45, and 1.43.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.2 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc
Published
2026-09-30 16:17:10.050000
Last modified
2026-11-09 17:17:06.653000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-103442",
  "sourceIdentifier": "c4f26cc8-17ff-4c99-b5e2-38fc1793eacc",
  "published": "2026-09-30T16:17:10.050",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-09T17:17:06.653",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "External control of system or configuration setting vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki CentralAuth extension allows Code Injection.\n\nThis issue affects MediaWiki CentralAuth extension: 1.46, 1.45, and 1.43."
    }
  ],
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        {
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          "product": "MediaWiki CentralAuth extension",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "repo": "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CentralAuth",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "1.46",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
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            },
            {
              "version": "1.43",
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          ]
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  ],
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          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
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          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NEGLIGIBLE",
          "Automatable": "YES",
          "Recovery": "USER",
          "valueDensity": "DIFFUSE",
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      "url": "https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I9c59e5c3f217c1eaa02934a076604049bac2b025",
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