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MediaWiki: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2006-2611)

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MediaWiki: Unspecified Security Vulnerability (CVE-2006-2611)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/26/2006
Created
10/26/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
10/23/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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