MEDIUM
mediawiki: XSS via the useskin parameter
Published Oct 3, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.59%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.1, 1.12.0, and possibly other versions before 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the useskin parameter to an unspecified component.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.59% 0.01595
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01595
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.59% (0.01595) | 74.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.59% (0.01595) | 72.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.69% (0.00690) | 70.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 73.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00303) | 68.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00303) | 64.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-October/000078.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/02/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32128 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32131 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_12_1/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_13_2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31540 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2737 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4408 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465734 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45632 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4408
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4408
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00179.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00220.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 3, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 3, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4408
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a