Vulnerability in MediaWiki
CVE-2006-2611
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler in MediaWiki 1.6.x before r14349 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the usage of the | (pipe) character.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (78.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.6.5
References
- www.osvdb.org/25713 (vdb-entry)
- nickj.org/MediaWiki
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch)
- mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035812.html (mailing-list, Exploit)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26646 (vdb-entry)
- svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1926 (vdb-entry)
- svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/Sanitizer.php (Patch)
- mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035814.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/20189 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)