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title: "CVE-2007-1055\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-1055

Publication date 21 February 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php
in MediaWiki 1.9.x before 1.9.0rc2, and 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rs parameter.
NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0177.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mediawiki | 9.10 karmic | Fixed |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed |
| 7.04 feisty | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1055)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1055)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-1055)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1055)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1055>