CVE-2008-0460
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.146 · 97 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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 earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
weaknesses
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affected products (19)
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- mediawiki mediawiki botquery extall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki_botquery_ext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (16)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28629enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29266enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39901enisa_euvd
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.htmlenisa_euvd
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