CVE-2005-3167

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    CVE-2005-3167

    Published: 6 Oct 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.4.11 does not properly remove certain CSS inputs (HTML inline style attributes) that are processed as active content by Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/17074, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_27_sr.html, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=361505, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15024

    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