CVE-2008-0460

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through 1.11.0rc1, 1.10 through 1.10.2, 1.9 through 1.9.4, and 1.8; and (2) the BotQuery extension for MediaWiki 1.7 and earlier; when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-01-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0460 is rated Moderate Risk (49.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.56%, 96th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0460

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 15.66% 14.56% -1.10%
2 2025-05-28 12.01% 15.66% +3.65%
3 2025-03-30 — 12.01% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0460

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0460

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-0460

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-0460 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mediawiki), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0460
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0460
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-0460 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mediawiki), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0460

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0460

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mediawiki mediawiki 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.11.0rc1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.0rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki_botquery_ext — cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki_botquery_ext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer — cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0460

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