CVE-2007-0177 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.4% (pctl 89)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.44% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-01-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mediawiki | mediawiki |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MediaWiki 1.x - 'AJAX index.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2007-01-09 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/31525
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=652721
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_9/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_7_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_0RC2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21956
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0096
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31359
- http://osvdb.org/31525
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24889
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=652721
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_9/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_7_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_8_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_0RC2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
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