CVE-2008-0460
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-01-25 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-01-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e314c6bbd1b5b4cdf982e4aee8d4270121329f7de1fc6e4794b37dfb72300aeb
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commediawiki-api-xss(39901)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39901
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2288https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0280http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-2245https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.html
- www.securityfocus.com28137http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20080124 MediaWiki 1.11.1, 1.10.3, 1.9.5 releasedhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html
- secunia.com28629http://secunia.com/advisories/28629
- secunia.com29266http://secunia.com/advisories/29266
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.11.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.11.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.11.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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