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mediawiki — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3167

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.4.11 does not properly remove certain CSS inputs (HTML inline style attributes) that are processed as active content by Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Products
mediawiki
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.4.11-1
CVEs
CVE-2005-3167
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3167

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Oct 2005, 10:02 UTC

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.4.11 does not properly remove certain CSS inputs (HTML inline style attributes) that are processed as active content by Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3167

mediawiki

Fixed versions: 1.4.11-1

mediawiki

Fixed versions: 1.4.11-1

mediawiki

Fixed versions: 1.4.11-1

Complete source record
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