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CVE-2006-2611

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler in MediaWiki 1.6.x before r14

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler in MediaWiki 1.6.x before r14349 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the usage of the | (pipe) character.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.01413
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Affected Products & Versions

2
mediawiki<= 1.6.5_r14348
mediawikiall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocbugzilla.wikimedia.org · show_bug.cgi?id=6055bugzilla.wikimedia.org
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD26 May 2006 · 01:06 AM
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035812.htmlExploit
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035814.htmlPatch
http://nickj.org/MediaWiki
http://secunia.com/advisories/20189PatchVendor Advisory
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/Sanitizer.php?r1=14349&r2=14348&pathrev=14349Patch
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=14349Patch
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