CVE-2008-4408

Mediawiki - XSS

Title source: rule

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.

References (11)

[Various Sources] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html

[Various Sources] http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES

[Various Sources] http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32128

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/32131

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737

Scores

EPSS 0.0069

EPSS Percentile 71.5%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (3)

mediawiki/mediawiki

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Oct 03, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026