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CVE-2012-4377

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-4377 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting MediaWiki versions prior to 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by crafting a File: link to a nonexistent image. Rated as MEDIUM severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, potentially leading to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.18.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0156 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
PatchVendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org / T41700
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory