Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with "forged strip item markers," as demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1599 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with "forged strip item markers," as demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00454}

epss

{'score': 0.00642}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.188Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-1582

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-09-09T21:55:06.183

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1582

cve-icon Redhat

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