CVE-2008-4408
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-03 17:18
Modified
2024-08-07 10:17
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
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