CVE-2008-4408 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 2

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.13.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.13.2-1+3
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.12.0, 1.13.1+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qm6x-9j4m-3gq8: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2008-4408: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1↗2008-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Debian
CVE-2008-4408: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possib...↗2008
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Red Hat
mediawiki: XSS via the useskin parameter↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-4408 mediawiki: XSS via the useskin parameter↗2008-10-06
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