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  "canonical_id": "mediawiki--CVE-2008-5252",
  "system_id": "mediawiki",
  "display_name": "MediaWiki",
  "category": "cms",
  "advisory_mode": "core",
  "title": "CVE-2008-5252",
  "summary": "Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Special:Import feature in MediaWiki 1.3.0 through 1.6.10, 1.12.x before 1.12.2, and 1.13.x before 1.13.3 allows remote attackers to perform unspecified actions as authenticated users via unknown vectors.",
  "published_at": "2008-12-19T17:30:03.157",
  "updated_at": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_score": 5.8,
  "exploit_status": "unknown",
  "source_confidence": "official",
  "official_source_url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html",
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    "http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html",
    "http://secunia.com/advisories/33133",
    "http://secunia.com/advisories/33349",
    "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901",
    "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html",
    "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html"
  ],
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    "CVE-2008-5252"
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  "render_markdown": false,
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  "status": "triage",
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  ],
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    "present": false,
    "refs": []
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  "repro_profile_id": "xss-generic",
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}