CVE-2008-0460
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8; and (2) the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)15%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28629Advisory
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29266
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39901
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.html