DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4501

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4501

    Published: 22 Dec 2005Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-4501

    Summary:

    Details: MediaWiki before 1.5.4 uses a hard-coded "internal placeholder string", which allows remote attackers to bypass protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute Javascript using inline style attributes, which are processed by Internet Explorer.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4501

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mediawiki

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mediawiki?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4.13-1

    Affected versions

    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