CVE-2012-1582

N/A Unknown
Published: September 09, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80363
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80363
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.4%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

mediawiki

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