The admin API module in the QuizGame extension for MediaWiki through 1.37.2 (before 665e33a68f6fa1167df99c0aa18ed0157cdf9f66) omits a check for the quizadmin user.

The FanBoxes extension for MediaWiki through 1.37.2 (before 027ffb0b9d6fe0d823810cf03f5b562a212162d4) allows Special:UserBoxes CSRF.

The SemanticDrilldown extension for MediaWiki through 1.37.2 (before e688bdba6434591b5dff689a45e4d53459954773) allows SQL injection with certain '-' and '_' constraints.

The Private Domains extension for MediaWiki through 1.37.2 (before 1ad65d4c1c199b375ea80988d99ab51ae068f766) allows CSRF for editing pages that store the extension's configuration. The attacker must trigger a POST request to Special:PrivateDomains.

The CreateRedirect extension before 2022-04-14 for MediaWiki does not properly check whether the user has permissions to edit the target page. This could lead to an unauthorised (or blocked) user being able to edit a page.

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. Without the patch for this issue, anonymous comments can be made using Special:RequestWikiQueue when sent directly via POST. A patch for this issue is available in the `master` branch of CreateWiki's GitHub repository.

An issue was discovered in Mediawiki through 1.37.1. The check for the override-antispoof permission in the AntiSpoof extension is incorrect.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.37.1. ImportPlanValidator.php in the FileImporter extension mishandles the check for edit rights.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.37.1. The CentralAuth extension mishandles a ttl issue for groups expiring in the future.

An XSS issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. The widthheight, widthheightpage, and nbytes properties of messages are not escaped when used in galleries or Special:RevisionDelete.

MediaWiki before 1.23.16, 1.24.x through 1.27.x before 1.27.2, and 1.28.x before 1.28.1 allows remote attackers to discover the IP addresses of Wiki visitors via a style="background-image: attr(title url);" attack within a DIV element that has an attacker-controlled URL in the title attribute.

ShortDescription is a MediaWiki extension that provides local short description support. A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in versions prior to 2.3.4. On a wiki that has the ShortDescription enabled, XSS can be triggered on any page or the page with the action=info parameter, which displays the shortdesc property. This is achieved using the wikitext `{{SHORTDESC:<img src=x onerror=alert()>}}`. This issue has a patch in version 2.3.4.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. Special:CheckUserLog allows CheckUser XSS because of date mishandling, as demonstrated by an XSS payload in MediaWiki:October.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. A denial of service (resource consumption) can be accomplished by searching for a very long key in a Language Name Search.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. Some unprivileged users can view confidential information (e.g., IP addresses and User-Agent headers for election traffic) on a testwiki SecurePoll instance.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. MassEditRegex allows CSRF.

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.5, 1.36.x before 1.36.3, and 1.37.x before 1.37.1. The WikibaseMediaInfo component is vulnerable to XSS via the caption fields for a given media file.

In MediaWiki through 1.37, the Special:ImportFile URI (aka FileImporter) allows XSS, as demonstrated by the clientUrl parameter.

In MediaWiki through 1.37, Wikibase item descriptions allow XSS, which is triggered upon a visit to an action=info URL (aka a page-information sidebar).

In MediaWiki through 1.37, XSS can occur in Wikibase because an external identifier property can have a URL format that includes a $1 formatter substitution marker, and the javascript: URL scheme (among others) can be used.