CVE-2005-4501

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMediawiki
PublishedDec 22, 2005
First seenDec 22, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mediawiki mediawikiv ≤ 1.5.3, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.3, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.13, 1.3.14, 1.3.15, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9, 1.4.10, 1.4_beta1, 1.4_beta2, 1.4_beta3, 1.4_beta4, 1.4_beta5, 1.4_beta6, 1.5_alpha1, 1.5_alpha2, 1.5_beta1, 1.5_beta2—

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