XSS in MediaWiki
CVE-2008-0460
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8; and (2) the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.146 (96.5th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.146 · newest: 0.146 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.8.1
- MediaWiki Botquery Ext
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39901 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137 (vdb-entry)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/28629 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29266 (third-party-advisory)