PT-2012-3356

CVE-2012-1582

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Published

2012-09-09

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.3
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2 MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1
Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the wikitext parser, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with forged strip item markers. This can be demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.
Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2, update to version 1.17.3 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1, update to version 1.18.2 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Weakness enumeration
CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (\'Cross-site Scripting\')
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-1582
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