CVE-2008-4408 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00691.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4389	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/32128
http://secunia.com/advisories/32131
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-03T17:18:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.338Z

Reserved: 2008-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4408

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-03T17:41:40.540

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4408

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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