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CVE-2010-1189

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-1189 describes a vulnerability in MediaWiki versions prior to 1.15.2, where wiki editors could embed external images from attacker-controlled websites. This allowed attackers to potentially gather IP addresses and other user information through a "CSS validation issue." The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.15.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0176 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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-2010-1189Moderate

MediaWiki: Two security fixes in v1.15.2

Mar 8, 2010

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-March/000088.html
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39022
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/39656
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-2022
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0685
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1001