CVE-2008-5250

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5250
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-19 17:30:03 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.12.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.0 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.1 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.13.2 All All All
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.6.11 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki 1.13.3, 1.12.2, 1.6.11 security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1901-1 mediawiki1.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: mediawiki-1.13.3-41.99.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for mediawiki - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MediaWiki Cross Site Scripting And Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: mediawiki-1.13.3-42.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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