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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-12-22

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Mediawiki (Mediawiki)

References

• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18219
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18717
• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16032
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3059
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23882