FKIE_CVE-2008-4408
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-03 17:41 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
References
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