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Debian: CVE-2012-4378: mediawiki -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2012-4378: mediawiki -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/26/2017
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2, when unspecified JavaScript gadgets are used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the userlang parameter to w/index.php.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-mediawiki

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