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CVE-2008-4408
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.6%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- mediawiki-useskin-xss(45632) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081002 CVE request: XSS in mediawiki 1.13.1 and 1.12.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 31540 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32128 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8678 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2737 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-8639 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32131 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20081002 MediaWiki 1.13.2, 1.12.1 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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