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CVE-2012-2698

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate.php in MediaWiki before 1.1

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate.php in MediaWiki before 1.17.5, 1.18.x before 1.18.4, and 1.19.x before 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uselang parameter to index.php/Main_page.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.15327
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 5% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
mediawikiall versions
mediawiki<= 1.17.4
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
webappsMediaWiki 1.x - 'uselang' Cross-Site Scriptingverified
pocgerrit.wikimedia.org · SkinTemplate.phpgerrit.wikimedia.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD29 Jun 2012 · 07:55 PM
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References & Sources

12
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.htmlVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49484Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
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