CVE-2005-2396

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter to the page move template.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4 (+25)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15950
http://secunia.com/advisories/16130
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-18.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/17763
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14327
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21491
http://secunia.com/advisories/15950
http://secunia.com/advisories/16130
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-18.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/17763
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14327
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21491

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