CVE-2005-3165 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki versions prior to 1.4.9. Attackers could inject arbitrary web script or HTML through malformed <math> tags or by bypassing HTML style attribute restrictions within Extension or <nowiki> sections, specifically targeting Internet Explorer clients. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium severity, and requires moderate attack complexity with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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