CVE-2005-3165

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    CVE-2005-3165

    Published: 6 Oct 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lwn.net/Articles/153906/, http://secunia.com/advisories/16932, http://secunia.com/advisories/16932, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=352777

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High