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CVE-2008-5250

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5250 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions before 1.6.11, 1.12.2, and 1.13.3. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page, specifically when Internet Explorer is used with uploads enabled, or when an SVG scripting browser is used with SVG uploads enabled. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity requiring authentication, leading to a partial impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.07%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0107 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 1,638 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 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33133
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33349
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1901
securityfocus.com / bid/32844