CVE-2012-2698

N/A Unknown
Published: June 29, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate.php in MediaWiki before 1.17.5, 1.18.x before 1.18.4, and 1.19.x before 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uselang parameter to index.php/Main_page.

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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-June/000116.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49484
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.osvdb.org/82983
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.php
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49484
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/82983
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.9%
91th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

mediawiki

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