MediaWiki 1.38
MediaWiki 1.38
The MediaWiki 1.38 reached end of service life on Jun 30, 2023 — MediaWiki no longer ships security patches or fixes for it. Our third-party support keeps it safe to run: 24/7 engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance.
24/7 engineers own your MediaWiki 1.38 incidents end to end.
Mitigation and patch-around guidance when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Controls evidence and documentation that keep auditors satisfied.
Specifications
- product
- mediawiki
- release
- 1.38
- product Label
- MediaWiki
- release Label
- 1.38
- codename
- lts
- latest Version
- 1.38.7
- release Date
- 2022-06-02
- maintained
- source Url
- https://endoflife.date/mediawiki
Lifecycle Dates
- End of Service Life
- Jun 30, 2023
- Last OEM Support
- Jun 30, 2023
OEM vs. 3rd Party Support
See how third-party support compares to the vendor contract for MediaWiki 1.38 — monitoring, break/fix, vulnerability work, operations and compliance, before and after EOSL.
| Feature | OEM Support | 3rd Party Support |
|---|---|---|
| Post-EOSL Support | ||
| Break/Fix Support | Until EOSL | |
| 24/7 Monitoring | ||
| Vulnerability Scanning & Remediation | ||
| Managed Operations | ||
| Procedure & Configuration Review | ||
| Compliance & Audit Documentation | Limited | |
| Discounted Migration to Other Platforms |
Why Choose 3rd Party Support for MediaWiki 1.38?
Vulnerability Remediation
Scanning, mitigation and patch-around guidance for MediaWiki 1.38 when the vendor no longer ships fixes.
Compliance Maintenance
Procedure review, controls evidence and the documentation auditors ask for — maintained continuously, not scrambled at audit time.
24/7 Expert Support
Engineers who know this release monitor, manage and fix issues around the clock — break/fix to managed operations.
MediaWiki 1.38 Support: Frequently Asked Questions
Is the MediaWiki 1.38 still supported?
MediaWiki ended support for the MediaWiki 1.38 on Jun 30, 2023 — no more patches or fixes from the vendor. Third-party support keeps it covered: our engineers manage issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and help you maintain compliance for as long as you run it.
When is the MediaWiki 1.38 end of service life (EOSL) date?
MediaWiki lists the end of service life for the MediaWiki 1.38 as Jun 30, 2023.
Can I keep using the MediaWiki 1.38 after its EOSL date?
Yes. EOSL means MediaWiki stops issuing patches and support — the software itself keeps running. Third-party support covers it from there: issue management, security vulnerability remediation, and the compliance documentation auditors ask for, for as long as you choose to run it.
How much does third-party support for the MediaWiki 1.38 cost?
Typically 40-70% below the OEM maintenance renewal price. Exact pricing depends on quantity, service level and location — request a quote and we respond within 24 hours.
Known Vulnerabilities Affecting MediaWiki 1.38
82 published CVEs affect the MediaWiki 1.38, including 10 rated critical or high severity. MediaWiki no longer ships security patches for this release — our engineers provide mitigation guidance, workarounds and hardening support.
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-34502 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | May 5, 2024 | An issue was discovered in WikibaseLexeme in MediaWiki before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. Loading Special:MergeLexemes will (attempt to) make an edit that merges the from-id to the to-id, even if the request was not a POST request, and even if it does not contain an edit token. |
| CVE-2023-37303 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Jun 30, 2023 | An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. In certain situations, an attempt to block a user fails after a temporary browser hang and a DBQueryDisconnectedError error message. |
| CVE-2023-29141 | CRITICAL | 9.8 | Mar 31, 2023 | An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6, and 1.39.x before 1.39.3. An auto-block can occur for an untrusted X-Forwarded-For header. |
| CVE-2024-40597 | HIGH | 7.5 | Jul 7, 2024 | An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. It can expose suppressed information for log events. (The log_deleted attribute is not respected.) |
| CVE-2024-34506 | HIGH | 7.5 | May 5, 2024 | An issue was discovered in includes/specials/SpecialMovePage.php in MediaWiki before 1.39.7, 1.40.x before 1.40.3, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. If a user with the necessary rights to move the page opens Special:MovePage for a page with tens of thousands of subpages, then the page will exceed the maximum request time, leading to a denial of service. |
| CVE-2023-45371 | HIGH | 7.5 | Oct 9, 2023 | An issue was discovered in the Wikibase extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. There is no rate limit for merging items. |
| CVE-2023-45363 | HIGH | 7.5 | Oct 9, 2023 | An issue was discovered in ApiPageSet.php in MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unbounded loop and RequestTimeoutException) when querying pages redirected to other variants with redirects and converttitles set. |
| CVE-2022-34750 | HIGH | 7.5 | Jun 28, 2022 | An issue was discovered in MediaWiki through 1.38.1. The lemma length of a Wikibase lexeme is currently capped at a thousand characters. Unfortunately, this length is not validated, allowing much larger lexemes to be created, which introduces various denial-of-service attack vectors within the Wikibase and WikibaseLexeme extensions. This is related to Special:NewLexeme and Special:NewProperty. |
| CVE-2020-12051 | HIGH | 7.5 | Apr 21, 2020 | The CentralAuth extension through REL1_34 for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive hidden account information via an api.php?action=query&meta=globaluserinfo&guiuser= request. In other words, the information can be retrieved via the action API even though access would be denied when simply visiting wiki/Special:CentralAuth in a web browser. |
| CVE-2024-34507 | HIGH | 7.4 | May 5, 2024 | 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. |
| CVE-2024-40601 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Jul 7, 2024 | An issue was discovered in the MediaWikiChat extension for MediaWiki through 1.42.1. CSRF can occur in API modules. |
| CVE-2023-45367 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Oct 9, 2023 | An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. A user can use a rest.php/checkuser/v0/useragent-clienthints/revision/ URL to store an arbitrary number of rows in cu_useragent_clienthints, leading to a denial of service. |
| CVE-2023-29139 | MEDIUM | 6.5 | Mar 31, 2023 | An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. When a user with checkuserlog permissions makes many CheckUserLog API requests in some configurations, denial of service can occur (RequestTimeoutException or upstream request timeout). |
| CVE-2024-34500 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | May 5, 2024 | An issue was discovered in the UnlinkedWikibase extension in MediaWiki before 1.39.6, 1.40.x before 1.40.2, and 1.41.x before 1.41.1. XSS can occur through an interface message. Error messages (in the $err var) are not escaped before being passed to Html::rawElement() in the getError() function in the Hooks class. |
| CVE-2024-23179 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | Jan 12, 2024 | An issue was discovered in the GlobalBlocking extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. For a Special:GlobalBlock?uselang=x-xss URI, i18n-based XSS can occur via the parentheses message. This affects subtitle links in buildSubtitleLinks. |
| CVE-2024-23177 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | Jan 12, 2024 | An issue was discovered in the WatchAnalytics extension in MediaWiki before 1.40.2. XSS can occur via the Special:PageStatistics page parameter. |
| CVE-2024-23173 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | Jan 12, 2024 | An issue was discovered in the Cargo extension in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. The Special:Drilldown page allows XSS via artist, album, and position parameters because of applied filter values in drilldown/CargoAppliedFilter.php. |
| CVE-2023-51704 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | Dec 22, 2023 | An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.14, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.6, and 1.40.x before 1.40.2. In includes/logging/RightsLogFormatter.php, group-*-member messages can result in XSS on Special:log/rights. |
| CVE-2023-45373 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | Oct 9, 2023 | An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage extension for MediaWiki before 1.35.12, 1.36.x through 1.39.x before 1.39.5, and 1.40.x before 1.40.1. XSS can occur via formatNumNoSeparators. |
| CVE-2023-37302 | MEDIUM | 6.1 | Jun 30, 2023 | An issue was discovered in SiteLinksView.php in Wikibase in MediaWiki through 1.39.3. There is XSS via a crafted badge title attribute. This is also related to lack of escaping in wbTemplate (from resources/wikibase/templates.js) for quotes (which can be in a title attribute). |
Showing the 20 most severe of 82 known CVEs.
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