CVE-2009-4589

N/A Unknown

Published: January 07, 2010 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/55824

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/35818

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1882

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51687

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html