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CVE-2008-5250 Details

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	CVE
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mediawiki mediawiki	1.6.11 1.12.0 1.12.1 1.13.0 1.13.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 21, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]