Unscored severity · published May 23, 2011
CVE-2011-1765
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when Internet Explorer 6 or earlier is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, 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 .shtml 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1578 and CVE-2011-1587.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.16.4; 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-2011-1765
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1765
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060435.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060496.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060507.html
Patch
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.html
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/44684
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47722
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