MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability - CVE-2012-1582 - Vulnerability Database

MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability - CVE-2012-1582

Medium
Reference: CVE-2012-1582
Title: MediaWiki Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (Cross-site Scripting) Vulnerability
Overview:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the wikitext parser in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted page with quotforged strip item markersquot as demonstrated using the CharInsert extension.