4.3

CVE-2012-6453: mediawiki rssreader Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-2596-1
Published 31-12-2012Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-6453 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in mediawiki rssreader. EPSS estimates a 0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.98%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 31-12-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RSS Reader extension before 0.2.6 for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted feed.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.98%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

62%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.98% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.98%

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-extensions< 2.3squeeze2
Mediawiki1 product
  • rssreader≤ 0.2.5 | 0.2 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.2 | 0.2.3 | 0.2.4

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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