XSS in MediaWiki
CVE-2008-5250
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.6.11, 1.12.0, 1.12.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33133 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33349 (third-party-advisory)