CVE-2005-4501
N/A
Published: December 22, 2005 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMediaWiki
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/18219VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3059VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23882Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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