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CVE-2008-0460 (GCVE-0-2008-0460)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-01-25 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:46
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0280 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28137 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/28629 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29266 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-01-24 00:00
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