CVE-2008-5250

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.6.11, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3, when Internet Explorer is used and uploads are enabled, or an SVG scripting browser is used and SVG uploads are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by editing a wiki page.

Published: 2008-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5250 is rated Low Risk (34.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5250

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 2025-07-30 0.27% 0.35% +0.09%
2 2025-03-17 0.12% 0.27% +0.15%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5250

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5250

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5250

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5250 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-2008-5250
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5250 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-2008-5250

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5250

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mediawiki mediawiki 1.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2008-5250

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