CVE-2012-2698

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the outputPage function in includes/SkinTemplate.php in MediaWiki before 1.17.5, 1.18.x before 1.18.4, and 1.19.x before 1.19.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uselang parameter to index.php/Main_page.

• CWE-79

• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49484Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
• http://www.osvdb.org/82983
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311
• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.phpExploit, Patch
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49484Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2
• http://www.osvdb.org/82983
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311
• https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.phpExploit, Patch
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18
• https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19

Published

Jun 29, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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