| Name | CVE-2009-4589 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 537634 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | stretch (security) | 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u13 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:1.31.16-1+deb10u8 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.39.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[etch] - mediawiki <not-affected> (metapackage)
[etch] - mediawiki1.7 <not-affected> (vulnerably code introduced in 1.14.0)
[lenny] - mediawiki <not-affected> (vulnerably code introduced in 1.14.0)
fixed in upstream 1.15.1