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CVE-2005-4501
MediaWiki before 1.5.4 uses a hard-coded "internal placeholder string", which allows remote attackers to bypass protection against…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2005-3059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18219 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mediawiki-placeholder-bypass-security(23882) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 16032 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 18717 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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