CVE-2005-4501
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 22, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 22, 2005
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download
- ADV-2005-3059vdb-entry
- 18219third-party-advisory
- mediawiki-placeholder-bypass-security(23882)vdb-entry
- SUSE-SR:2006:003vendor-advisory
- 16032vdb-entry
- 18717third-party-advisory
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