CVE-2005-4501
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://secunia.com/advisories/18219 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18219Patch
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/DownloadPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16032Patch
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3059
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23882