CVE-2009-4589 (GCVE-0-2009-4589)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-07 18:13 – Updated: 2024-08-07 07:08
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://osvdb.org/55824 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/35818 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1882 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2009-07-13 00:00
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