CVE-2006-2611

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler in MediaWiki 1.6.x before r14349 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the usage of the | (pipe) character.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-05-25 CVE Reserved
2006-05-26 CVE Published
2023-07-21 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://nickj.org/MediaWiki	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/25713	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1926	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26646	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6055	2024-08-07
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035812.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035814.html	2017-07-20
http://secunia.com/advisories/20189	2017-07-20
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/Sanitizer.php?r1=14349&r2=14348&pathrev=14349	2017-07-20
http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=14349	2017-07-20

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				<= 1.6.5_r14348 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " <= 1.6.5_r14348"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.6.5 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.6.5"		-		Affected