CVE-2012-2698

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 18.88% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html mailing list
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18
http://www.osvdb.org/82983 vdb entry
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/49484 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179 vdb entry
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311 vdb entry
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.php patch exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2 mailing list
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html mailing list vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2698?
CVE-2012-2698 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2698?
To fix CVE-2012-2698, 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-2012-2698 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2698 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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