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TI-2008-00435 Aliases CVE-2008-0460GHSA-q3v9-vqch-gc4g

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in api.php in (1) MediaWiki 1.11 through…

Priority LOW 36CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.14562 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 · 18

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.7.0Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.0Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.3Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8.4Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.0Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.3Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.7.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8.4 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
Show 8 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.9.4Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.0Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.10.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.0rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.11.0rc1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki_botquery_ext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.9.4 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.0 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.10.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.11.0rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.11.0rc1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki_botquery_ext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-0460
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q3v9-vqch-gc4g

References

Advisory 2

Other 2

Sources

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