CVE-2012-6453 (GCVE-0-2012-6453)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-12-31 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:02
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Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RSS Reader extension before 0.2.6 for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted feed.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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