5.8

CVE-2008-5252: mediawiki Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS: 5.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5252
Published 19-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5252 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1901-1DTSA-186-1

Timeline

  1. 19-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:Import feature in MediaWiki 1.3.0 through 1.6.10, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3 allows remote attackers to perform unspecified actions as authenticated users via unknown vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.74% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.74%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.13.3-1
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawikiEOL1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.7 | 1.3.8 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.10 | 1.3.11 | 1.3.13 | 1.3.14 | 1.3.15 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.5:alpha1 | 1.5:alpha2 | 1.5:beta1 | 1.5:beta2 | 1.5:beta4 | 1.5:rc2 | 1.5:rc3 | 1.5:rc4 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.7 | 1.5.8 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.1 | 1.6.2 | 1.6.3 | 1.6.4 | 1.6.5 | 1.6.6 | 1.6.7 | 1.6.8 | 1.6.9 | 1.6.10 | 1.6.11 | 1.12.0 | 1.12.1 | 1.13.0 | 1.13.1 | 1.13.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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