Vulnerability Details : 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 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.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5250
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.12%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 45 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-5250
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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3.5
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LOW | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
6.8
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-5250
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2008-5250
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
Patch;Vendor Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
Products affected by CVE-2008-5250
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*