VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 2.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.38% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/80363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48504Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/80363
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48504Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.