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CVE-2010-1189

MediaWiki before 1.15.2 does not prevent wiki editors from linking to images from other web sites in wiki pages, which allows editors to obtain IP addresses and other information of wiki users by adding a link to an image on an attacker-controlled web site, aka "CSS validation issue."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2010-1189 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from mediawiki organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2010-03-31T18:00:00.593

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	≤ 1.15.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.1.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.2.6	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.6	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.7	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.8	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.9	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.10	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.11	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.12	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.13	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.14	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.3.15	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.6	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.7	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.8	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.9	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.10	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.11	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.12	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.13	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.4.14	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.5	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.6	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.7	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.5.8	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.10.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.11.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.12.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.1	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.2	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.3	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.13.4	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.14.0	Yes
Application	mediawiki	mediawiki	1.15.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html ([email protected])
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000088.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39022 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2022 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0685 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000088.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39022 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2022 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0685 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mediawiki's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.