CVE-2011-1578
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.3, 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 at the end of the query string, in conjunction with a modified URI path that has a %2E sequence in place of the . (dot) character.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (112)
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also known as (3)
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references (49)
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- http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.16/mediawiki-1.16.3.tar.gzPatchcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.htmlcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44142cnnvd
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