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CVE-2012-1582

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with "forged strip item markers," as demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.

Published

2012-09-09T21:55:06.183

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-79
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.1 Yes
References