Name: CVE-2009-4589: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2010-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-4589, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.00388

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 6.1

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 7, 2010
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Oct 23, 2019	Jan 7, 2010

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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