CVE-2005-4501 — Cross-site Scripting in Mediawiki

4 documents4 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedDec 22
Latest updateMay 1

Description

MediaWiki before 1.5.4 uses a hard-coded "internal placeholder string", which allows remote attackers to bypass protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute Javascript using inline style attributes, which are processed by Internet Explorer.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1.4.13-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1.4.13-1+3
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.5.3+44

Patches

Patch: secunia.com ↗Patch: www.mediawiki.org ↗Patch: www.securityfocus.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-38h6-xf6r-fw6f: MediaWiki before 1↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2005-4501: MediaWiki before 1↗2005-12-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2005-4501: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.5.4 uses a hard-coded "internal placeholder string", which al...↗2005
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