>> MediaWiki "api.php" Data Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Title : MediaWiki "api.php" Data Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0280 CVE ID : CVE-2008-0460
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-01-25
Technical Description
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 in the "api.php" when processing user-supplied data, 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 Web site.
