Unscored severity · published Apr 27, 2011
CVE-2011-1578
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.3, when Internet Explorer 6 or earlier is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
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CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.3, when Internet Explorer 6 or earlier is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an uploaded file accessed with a dangerous extension such as .html at the end of the query string, in conjunction with a modified URI path that has a %2E sequence in place of the . (dot) character.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.16.2; 1.1.0; 1.2.0; 1.2.1; 1.2.2; 1.2.3; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1578
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1578
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html
Patch
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html
Patch
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15
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