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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23882

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3059

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16032

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download

http://secunia.com/advisories/18717

http://secunia.com/advisories/18219

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-22

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium