CVE-2008-4408
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
03/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32131
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32128
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32131
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html



