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TI-2007-01023 Aliases CVE-2007-1055GHSA-x8v9-9fhc-8v9r

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php in MediaWiki…

Priority LOW 34CWE-94Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php in MediaWiki 1.9.x before 1.9.0rc2, and 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rs parameter. NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0177.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02136 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.8.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.0 rc1Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.8.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-1055
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x8v9-9fhc-8v9r

References

  • TI-2023-18933 An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-13576 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03312 Stored XSS leads to privilege escalation in MediaWiki v1.40.0 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-42109 Cross-site request forgery in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RedirectManager Extension CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2024-22822 An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2023-18935 An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage (aka Proofread Page) extension for MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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