CVE - CVE-2005-4501

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-4501	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:16032 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16032 CONFIRM:http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download SECUNIA:18219 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18219 SECUNIA:18717 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18717 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2006:003 URL:http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html VUPEN:ADV-2005-3059 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3059~~ (Obsolete source) XF:mediawiki-placeholder-bypass-security(23882) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23882
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20051222	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20051222)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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