Unscored severity · published Dec 19, 2008
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…
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CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.6.11; 1.12.0; 1.12.1; 1.13.0; 1.13.1; 1.13.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5250
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5250
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Patch
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
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