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CVE-2009-0737

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0737 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web-based installer (config/index.php) of MediaWiki versions 1.6 before 1.6.12, 1.12 before 1.12.4, and 1.13 before 1.13.4. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity (injecting arbitrary web script or HTML). There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a widely targeted vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0148 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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-2009-0737Low

mediawiki: multiple XSS issues in the installer

Jul 1, 2009

References

lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-February/000083.html
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/33881
Vendor Advisory
svn.wikimedia.org / svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_4/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
Vendor Advisory
svn.wikimedia.org / svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_4/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
Vendor Advisory
svn.wikimedia.org / svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_12/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1901
securityfocus.com / bid/33681
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0368
PatchVendor Advisory