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CVE-2004-1405

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

MediaWiki 1.3.8 and earlier, when used with Apache mod_mime, does not properly handle files with two file extensions, such as .php.rar, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: 1.3, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4 (+6)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110321710420059&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13478/
• http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11985
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110321710420059&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13478/
• http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11985

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