Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.4

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.4

CVE-2005-4501 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

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