CVE-2008-0460
MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8; and (2) the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28629
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29266
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39901
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.html
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