CVE-2012-2698 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.9% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 4.95% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2012-06-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mediawiki | mediawiki |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | MediaWiki 1.x - 'uselang' Cross-Site Scripting | 2012-06-17 |
References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49484
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/82983
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.php
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49484
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
- http://www.osvdb.org/82983
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