DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5250

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5250

    Published: 19 Dec 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5250

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5250

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.13.3-1

    Affected versions

    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