CVE-2012-4377 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.

Published: 2017-10-26

Score: 6.1 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::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4320	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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 0.00998.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853409
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41700

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-10-26T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.193Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4377

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-26T20:29:00.297

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2012-4377

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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