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CVE-2008-0460

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0460 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php affecting MediaWiki versions 1.8 through 1.11.0rc1, and the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier, specifically when accessed via Internet Explorer. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS score of 4.3, it is a medium-severity issue, requiring medium attack complexity (AC:M) but not authentication (Au:N), leading to potential information disclosure or defacement (I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
14.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1456 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0460

Multiple MediaWiki XSS vulnerabilities

References

lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html
secunia.com / advisories/28629
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29266
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/39901
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00147.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00189.html
securityfocus.com / bid/28137
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0280