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CVE-2005-4501


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.


Published

2005-12-22T21:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mediawiki mediawiki ≤ 1.5.3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.1.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.4 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.5 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.2.6 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.4 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.5 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.6 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.7 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.8 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.9 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.10 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.11 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.12 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.13 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.14 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.3.15 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.5 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.6 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.7 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.8 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.9 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.10 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4_beta1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4_beta2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4_beta3 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4_beta4 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4_beta5 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.4_beta6 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_alpha1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_alpha2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_beta1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_beta2 Yes

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