CVE-2012-1582
EPSS 0.64%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with "forged strip item markers," as demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.
How to fix CVE-2012-1582
To remediate CVE-2012-1582, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mediawiki—upgrade to 1:1.15.5-9 or later
Is CVE-2012-1582 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:1.15.5-9