{
    "id": "CVE-2012-2698",
    "published": "2012-06-29 19:55:05",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:41:54",
    "cvss_score": "4.3",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.04945",
    "epss_percentile": "0.91895",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:12",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "mediawiki",
            "product": "mediawiki"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "37404",
            "title": "MediaWiki 1.x - 'uselang' Cross-Site Scripting",
            "date": "2012-06-17",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37404"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}