Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2012-2698 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting6 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
14.5%
top 5.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedJun 29
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate.php in MediaWiki before 1.17.5, 1.18.x before 1.18.4, and 1.19.x before 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uselang parameter to index.php/Main_page.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.19.1-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.19.1-1+3
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.17.4+123

Patches

Patch: gerrit.wikimedia.org ↗Patch: gerrit.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-m9wp-hhqp-ww9j: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-2698: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate↗2012-06-29
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💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
MediaWiki 1.x - 'uselang' Cross-Site Scripting↗2012-06-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-2698: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/...↗2012
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-2698 mediawiki: XSS flaw in the uselang http parameter↗2012-06-14
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CVE-2012-2698 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki | cvebase