CVE-2007-0177

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX module in MediaWiki before 1.6.9, 1.7 before 1.7.2, 1.8 before 1.8.3, and 1.9 before 1.9.0rc2, when wgUseAjax is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

5.1

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 18.87% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0096	vdb entry
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_7_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES	patch vendor advisory
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_9/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24889	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31359	vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES	patch vendor advisory
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_0RC2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES	patch vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/31525	vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=652721	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21956	vdb entry patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23647	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0177?: CVE-2007-0177 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0177?: To fix CVE-2007-0177, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0177 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-0177 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~19% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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