CVE-2005-4501

MediumCVSS 4.3/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Dec 22, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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