PT-2008-5651 · Mediawiki · Mediawiki

Hanno Böck · Published 2008-10-03 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4408

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MediaWiki versions prior to 1.13.2

Description: A cross-site scripting issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.13.2, update to version 1.13.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4408

DTSA-171-1

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 16

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4408 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4408 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4408 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31540 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32131 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3 · Note
• http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32128 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737 · Note