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CVE-2008-0460· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8; and (2) the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Jan 25, 2008
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
14.6% · 97th percentile
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Action score

21

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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 14.6%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mediawikimediawiki
mediawikimediawiki botquery ext
microsoftinternet explorer

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mediawiki mediawiki1.10.0
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.10.1
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.10.2
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.11
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.11.0rc1
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.7.0
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.8.0
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.8.1
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.8.2
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.8.3
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.8.4
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.9.0
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.9.1
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.9.2
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.9.3
  • mediawiki mediawiki1.9.4
  • mediawiki mediawiki botquery extall versions
  • microsoft internet explorerall versions

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12mediawikibefore 1:1.11.1-11:1.11.1-1

Same product

mediawiki: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    44Plan
  • CVE-2017-0372Parameters injection in SyntaxHighlight results in multiple vulnerabilities
    42Plan
  • CVE-2017-8809api.php in MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2 has a Reflected File Download vulnerability.
    41Plan
  • CVE-2019-12468An Incorrect Access Control vulnerability was found in Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.27.0 through 1.32.1.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2014-9487The getid3 library in MediaWiki before 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, cause a denial o
    40Plan
  • CVE-2015-8009The MWOAuthDataStore::lookup_token function in Extension:OAuth for MediaWiki 1.25.x before 1.25.3, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and before 1.23.11
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:mediawiki1:1.11.1-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-79 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    ts
    commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

    Fixed

    ts
    commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

    ATT&CK techniques

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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