CVE-2012-4378

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2, when unspecified JavaScript gadgets are used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the userlang parameter to w/index.php.

CVSS v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T39587	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853417	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-10-26 13:29

Updated : 2017-10-31 14:41

NVD link : CVE-2012-4378

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4378

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

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