Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.4, 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 .html located before a ? (question mark) in a 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.
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Configurations
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Summary | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.4, 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 .html located before a ? (question mark) in a 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. |
Information
Published : 2011-04-27 00:55
Updated : 2024-02-28 11:41
NVD link : CVE-2011-1587
Mitre link : CVE-2011-1587
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-1587
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Products Affected
mediawiki
- mediawiki
microsoft
- internet_explorer
CWE
CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')