Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1901-1 New mediawiki1.7 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5227 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:11.913Z

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

Link: CVE-2008-5250

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-19T17:30:03.110

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

Link: CVE-2008-5250

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