CVE-2008-5249

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.0 through 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2008-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5249 is rated Moderate Risk (45.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.96%). EPSS rose +1.52% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5249

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 0.44% 1.96% +1.52%
2 2025-07-30 0.33% 0.44% +0.11%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.33% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5249

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-2008-5249

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5249

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5249 not yet assigned 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-2008-5249
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5249 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mediawiki), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 3, ignored 2, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5249

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5249

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mediawiki mediawiki 1.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5249

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