CVE-2007-1055

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php in MediaWiki 1.9.x before 1.9.0rc2, and 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rs parameter. NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0177.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.29% Top 25%
Third-Party Advisory securityreason.com Third-Party Advisory wikimedia.org Third-Party Advisory bugsec.com Third-Party Advisory securityfocus.com Third-Party Advisory ibmcloud.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.bugsec.com/articles.php?Security=24 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/460596/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2274 third party advisory exploit
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_0/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32586 vdb entry third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/37343 vdb entry broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1055?
CVE-2007-1055 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1055?
To fix CVE-2007-1055, 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-2007-1055 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-1055 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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