DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1582

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1582

    Published: 9 Sept 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-1582

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1582

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.15.5-9

    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