Name: CVE-2012-4378: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2012-4378, CWE-79, CVSS 6.1, EPSS 0.00507

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2, when unspecified JavaScript gadgets are used, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the userlang parameter to w/index.php.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Jul 30, 2024	Oct 26, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade mediawiki	Dec 10, 2025	Sep 1, 2012
Mediawiki	—	Upgrade MediaWiki to the latest version	Oct 23, 2019	Oct 26, 2017

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CVSS Details

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