>> MediaWiki "useskin" Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Title : MediaWiki "useskin" Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability VUPEN 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
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 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.
