CVE-2008-5249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

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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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.

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-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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2008-5249

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2008-5249

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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