CVE-2005-4501
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2005-4501 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2005-12-22 21:03:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
NoneAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.1.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.2.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.3.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4.9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4_beta1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4_beta2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4_beta3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4_beta4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4_beta5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.4_beta6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.5_alpha1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.5_alpha2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.5_beta1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.5_beta2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Secunia - Advisories - MediaWiki Hardcoded Placeholder String Security Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:003 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.suse.com | |
| SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| MediaWiki Inline Style Attribute Security Check Bypass Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| Download - MediaWiki | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mediawiki.org | Patch |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.