High, CVSS 8.6PackagistPublished
mediawiki/maps has stored XSS through the overlays parameter in the display_map parser function
CVE-2026-52854 · GHSA-4h7g-5542-v3fc
- Affected
- Packagist mediawiki/maps < 12.1.3
- Fixed in
- 12.1.3· Vendor fix available
- Issue
- Stored XSS through wikitext can be performed by inserting malicious HTML into the overlays parameter of the displaymap parser function when using the leaflet service. Details The maps extension doesn't escape overlay names before passing them to leaflet. Leaflet then inserts them as HTML: https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/Maps/blob/ca5139fabd75f3c34f47ea3fd161306506b053bc/resources/lib/leaflet/leaflet.js#L5243 PoC Preview the following wikitext, using the default configuration options of the extension: Impact Stored XSS can be performed by any user with the edit permission.
Recommended action: Upgrade to 12.1.3 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.