CVE-2012-4377 (GCVE-0-2012-4377)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-26 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.
Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853409 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-a… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41700 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/0… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2012-08-31 00:00
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