CVE-2008-5250
N/A
Published: December 19, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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