CVE-2008-4408
published 2008-10-03CVE-2008-4408: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
PriorityP417medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNIPAN
EPSS
1.59%
73.2th percentile
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | mediawiki | < mediawiki 1:1.13.2-1 (bookworm) | mediawiki 1:1.13.2-1 (bookworm) |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.13.2-1 | 1:1.13.2-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.13.2-1 | 1:1.13.2-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.13.2-1 | 1:1.13.2-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.13.2-1 | 1:1.13.2-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3LOW
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2008-4408: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possib...
vendor_debian·2008·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-4408 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-4408: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possib...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.13.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.13.2-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.13.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.13.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.13.2-1)
Red Hat
mediawiki: XSS via the useskin parameter
vendor_redhat·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-4408 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 mediawiki: XSS via the useskin parameter
mediawiki: XSS via the useskin parameter
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
GHSA
GHSA-qm6x-9j4m-3gq8: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02
CVE-2008-4408 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-qm6x-9j4m-3gq8: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
OSV
CVE-2008-4408: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1
osv·2008-10-03·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-4408 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-4408: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.htmlhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3http://secunia.com/advisories/32128http://secunia.com/advisories/32131http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTEShttp://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTEShttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.htmlhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.htmlhttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3http://secunia.com/advisories/32128http://secunia.com/advisories/32131http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTEShttp://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTEShttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html
2008-10-03
Published