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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-4589
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662
- http://osvdb.org/55824
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35818
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1882
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51687
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
i1.15.0, 1.14.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 7th, 2010
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.