CVE-2008-5250

MediaWiki <1.6.11, <1.12.2, <1.13.3 - XSS

Title source: llm

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.

References (8)

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/33133

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/33349

Scores

EPSS 0.0035

EPSS Percentile 57.4%

Classification

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Affected Products (7)

mediawiki/mediawiki

mediawiki/mediawiki

mediawiki/mediawiki

mediawiki/mediawiki

mediawiki/mediawiki

mediawiki/mediawiki

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Dec 19, 2008

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026