CVE-2010-1189

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    CVE-2010-1189

    Published: 31 Mar 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: MediaWiki before 1.15.2 does not prevent wiki editors from linking to images from other web sites in wiki pages, which allows editors to obtain IP addresses and other information of wiki users by adding a link to an image on an attacker-controlled web site, aka "CSS validation issue."

    References: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000088.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/39022, http://secunia.com/advisories/39656, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2022, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0685, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000088.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.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