CVE-2008-4408

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en MediaWiki vv1.13.1, 1.12.0, y posiblemente otras versiones anteriores a v1.13.2 permite a atacantes remotos inyectar web script o HTML de su elección a través del parámetro "useskin" en un componente no especificado.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-10-03 CVE Reserved
2008-10-03 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html	Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/32128	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32131	Third Party Advisory
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES	X_refsource_confirm
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html	2017-08-08
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html	2017-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.12.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.12.0"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.13.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.13.1"		-		Affected