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MediaWiki HTML Attributes Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15590
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Release Date:
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2005-06-06
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Last Update:
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2005-08-22
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Popularity:
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7,261 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MediaWiki 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1888
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in MediaWiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to certain HTML attributes isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 1.3.12 and 1.4.4. Prior versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.13 or 1.4.5.
http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2005-08-22: Added CVE reference.
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