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title: "CVE-2007-4828\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-4828

Publication date 12 September 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 API pretty-printing mode in
MediaWiki 1.8.0 through 1.8.4, 1.9.0 through 1.9.3, 1.10.0 through 1.10.1,
and the 1.11 development versions before 1.11.0 allows remote attackers to
inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4828?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mediawiki | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 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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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [fujitsu](https://launchpad.net/~fujitsu)

Hardy has no 1.10.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4828)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4828)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-4828)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4828)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-4828>