Unscored severity · published Oct 3, 2008
CVE-2008-4408
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
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CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.12.0; 1.13.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4408
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4408
lists.wikimedia.org
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html
openwall.com
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32128
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/32131
svn.wikimedia.org
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
svn.wikimedia.org
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
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