VUPEN Security - MediaWiki "useskin" Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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>> MediaWiki "useskin" Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Title : MediaWiki "useskin" Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2737
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4408
CWE ID : CWE-79
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-06

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A vulnerability has been identified in MediaWiki, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary scripting code. This issue is caused by an input validation error when processing the "useskin" parameter while "wgUseSiteCss" is turned on (by default), which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected site.

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ChangeLog

2008-10-06 : Initial release

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