CVE-2008-5250

Severity Score

3.5

*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 before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.

Una vulnerabilidad de ejecución de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados en versiones de MediaWiki anteriores a 1.6.11, 1.12.x anteriores a 1.12.2, y 1.13.3 anteriores a 1.13.x, cuando se esta usando Internet Explorer y las subidas están habilitadas, o bien cuando un navegador que permita secuencias de comandos SVG se este usando y las subidas SVG estén habilitadas, permite a usuarios remotos autenticados inyectar HTML o secuencias de comandos web arbitrarias durante la edición de una página del wiki.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 3.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-11-26 CVE Reserved
2008-12-19 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 (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html	2009-10-14
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133	2009-10-14

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	2009-10-14
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901	2009-10-14
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html	2009-10-14
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html	2009-10-14

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"				1.6.11 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.6.11"		-		Affected
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"				1.12.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.12.1"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.13.0 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.13.0"		-		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
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.13.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.13.2"		-		Affected