CVE-2008-5249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.0 through 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-12-19

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1901-1	New mediawiki1.7 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5226	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.0 through 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

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 0.00442.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-19T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:11.973Z

Reserved: 2008-11-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5249

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-19T17:30:03.063

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-5249

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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