CVE-2009-4589

Publication date 7 January 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Special:Block implementation in the getContribsLink function in SpecialBlockip.php in MediaWiki 1.14.0 and 1.15.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the ip parameter.

Read the notes from the security team

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
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life

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Notes

mdeslaur

Only versions 1.14.0, 1.15.0 and release candidates are affected

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2009-July/000087.html
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4589