Vulnerability CVE-2008-0460
Published: 2008-01-25   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8; and (2) the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Microsoft -> IE 
Mediawiki -> Mediawiki 
Mediawiki -> Mediawiki botquery ext 

 References:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39901
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.html
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