CVE-2009-4589
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
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.
Official patch: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1882Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35818Advisory
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51687
- http://osvdb.org/55824Exploit