CVE-2012-1582

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
• http://osvdb.org/80363
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
• http://osvdb.org/80363
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35315
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74288