Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.

This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/SyntaxHighlight.Php.



This issue affects SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi: from * before 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Wikimedia Foundation SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected < 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T427167 cve-icon
History

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi. This vulnerability is associated with program files includes/SyntaxHighlight.Php. This issue affects SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi: from * before 1.46.0, 1.45.4, 1.44.6, 1.43.9.
Title SyntaxHighlight stored XSS via unsanitized 'linelinks' attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: wikimedia-foundation

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-01T15:48:58.797Z

Reserved: 2026-06-27T13:32:37.577Z

Link: CVE-2026-58030

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-01T15:48:54.831Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses