CVE-2008-5250

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    CVE-2008-5250

    Published: 19 Dec 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/33133, http://secunia.com/advisories/33349, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/33133, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High