Description
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.5, and 1.39.x before 1.39.1. There is XSS in Wikibase date formatting via wikibase-time-precision-* fields. This allows JavaScript execution by staff/admin users who do not intentionally have the editsitejs capability.
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