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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-4408
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32128
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32131
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.12.0, 1.13.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 3rd, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.