FKIE_CVE-2008-5250
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-19 17:30 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.
References
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