CVE-2006-2895

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.6.0 up to versions before 1.6.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via the edit form.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5 (+2)

References

http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2006-June/000048.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20458
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_7/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2159
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27029
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2006-June/000048.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20458
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_7/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2159
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27029

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