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Server side cross-site scripting In mediawiki

Description

An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. XSS can occur because of mishandling of the 0x1b character, as demonstrated by Special:RecentChanges#%1b0000000.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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