CVE-2008-5249

4.3

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

1.96%

LOW RiskEPSS (80th percentile)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.13.0 through 1.13.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

Published: 12/19/2008

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.3

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

1.96%LOW Exploitation Risk

80th percentile

This vulnerability has a 1.96% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 80% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

CWE-79

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