Description
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.
Published: 2012-09-09
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1599 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.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00454}

epss

{'score': 0.00642}


Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:01:02.188Z

Reserved: 2012-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1582

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-09T21:55:06.183

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1582

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses