CVE-2008-5249

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Published Dec 19, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.0 through 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1901-1	New mediawiki1.7 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5226	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.0 through 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.0% (1.962% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:49 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 19, 2008, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:49 AM
Reserved: Nov 26, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 19, 2008, 5:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

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