CVE-2012-1582
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
02 Description
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
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
- 2.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.4% 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
- 2012-09-09 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-03-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 09643c6135c9b1760d8a26bae24f575a5f493ae5cecac5aad0b5b2dca4a333db
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120323 CVEs for MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
- secunia.com48504http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
- bugzilla.wikimedia.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
- osvdb.org80363http://osvdb.org/80363
- lists.wikimedia.org[MediaWiki-announce] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.17.3http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commediawiki-wikitext-xss(74288)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- www.securityfocus.com52689http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.15.5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.15.5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.15.5-9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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