CVE-2011-1578
mediawiki - multiple
EPSS 0.71%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-1578
To remediate CVE-2011-1578, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mediawiki—upgrade to 1:1.15.5-5 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.15.5-2squeeze2 or later
Is CVE-2011-1578 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:1.15.5-5
- from 0, < 1:1.15.5-2squeeze2