MEDIUM
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter
Published Jan 7, 2010
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.36%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.
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.
1.36% 0.01356
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01356
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.36% (0.01356) | 70.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.36% (0.01356) | 67.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.39% (0.00388) | 57.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00275) | 68.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.27% (0.00275) | 67.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.27% (0.00275) | 63.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (7)
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/55824 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35818 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1882 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51687 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://osvdb.org/55824 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/35818 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35662 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1882 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51687 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 7, 2010
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 7, 2010
Link CVE-2009-4589
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a