Unscored severity · published Mar 30, 2006
CVE-2006-1498
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted encoded links
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CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted encoded links.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% 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; 1.4.4; 1.4.5; 1.4.6; +25 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1498
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1498
Patch
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2006-March/000040.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19504
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19508
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19517
www.gentoo.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-01.xml
www.mediawiki.org
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
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