Unscored severity · published Oct 6, 2005
CVE-2005-3165
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) <math> tags or (2) Extension or…
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CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) <math> tags or (2) Extension or <nowiki> sections that "bypass HTML style attribute restrictions" that are intended to protect against XSS vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer clients.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.4.1; 1.4.2; 1.4.3; 1.4.5; 1.4.6; 1.4.7; +7 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3165
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3165
Vendor Advisory
http://lwn.net/Articles/153906/
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16932
Patch
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=352777
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