CVE-2012-4377
published 2017-10-26CVE-2012-4377: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…
PriorityP425medium6.1CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUIRSCCLILAN
EPSS
1.56%
72.7th percentile
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | mediawiki | < mediawiki 1:1.19.2-1 (bookworm) | mediawiki 1:1.19.2-1 (bookworm) |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | <= 1.18.4 | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.19.2-1 | 1:1.19.2-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.19.2-1 | 1:1.19.2-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.19.2-1 | 1:1.19.2-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.19.2-1 | 1:1.19.2-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.06.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv6.1MEDIUM
vendor_debian6.1MEDIUM
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Debian
CVE-2012-4377: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x b...
vendor_debian·2012·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2012-4377 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4377: mediawiki - Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x b...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.2-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.19.2-1)
GHSA
GHSA-rcq7-gcq5-jx2v: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-17
CVE-2012-4377 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-rcq7-gcq5-jx2v: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.
OSV
CVE-2012-4377: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1
osv·2017-10-26·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2012-4377 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4377: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4377 CVE-2012-4378 CVE-2012-4379 CVE-2012-4380 CVE-2012-4381 mediawiki various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2012-08-31·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2012-4377 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4377 CVE-2012-4378 CVE-2012-4379 CVE-2012-4380 CVE-2012-4381 mediawiki various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2012-4377 CVE-2012-4378 CVE-2012-4379 CVE-2012-4380 CVE-2012-4381 mediawiki various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected Fedora
versions.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4377 mediawiki: Stored XSS via a File::link to a non-existing image
bugzilla·2012-08-31·CVSS 6.1
CVE-2012-4377 [MEDIUM] CVE-2012-4377 mediawiki: Stored XSS via a File::link to a non-existing image
CVE-2012-4377 mediawiki: Stored XSS via a File::link to a non-existing image
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way MediaWiki, a wiki engine, sanitized comments when a File::link tag to an non-existent image was rendered. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted URL that, when visited would lead to arbitrary HTML or web script injection.
References:
[1] http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/mediawiki/295767
Upstream bug:
[2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39700
Upstream patch against the 1.19 version:
[3] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39700#c11
Upstream patch against the 1.18 version:
[4] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39700#c12
Discussion:
This issue affects the versions of the mediawiki package
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853409https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41700http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853409https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41700
2017-10-26
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