Vulnerability Details : 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 category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Products affected by CVE-2008-5250
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5250
0.12%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 45 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5250
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5250
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-5250
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: mediawiki-1.13.3-42.fc9
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security updatePatch;Vendor Advisory
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: mediawiki-1.13.3-41.99.fc8
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
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http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
[SECURITY] [DSA 1901-1] New mediawiki1.7 packages fix several vulnerabilities
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