FKIE_CVE-2012-1582

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-09-09 21:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:39
Severity
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with "forged strip item markers," as demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/80363
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/48504Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/80363
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/48504Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.1
mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.2
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.1
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:39:46.577",
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