CVE-2008-4408

NameCVE-2008-4408
DescriptionCross-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDTSA-171-1
Debian Bugs501115

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mediawiki (PTS)bullseye1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2fixed
bullseye (security)1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie, sid1:1.39.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mediawikisourceetch(not affected)
mediawikisourcelenny1.12.0-2lenny1DTSA-171-1
mediawikisource(unstable)1:1.13.2-1low501115

Notes

[etch] - mediawiki <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
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