CVE-2008-5250

N/A Unknown
Published: December 19, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

16 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
58th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

mediawiki

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