CVE-2006-1498 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki versions prior to 1.5.8 and 1.4.15, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through specially crafted encoded links. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, as it requires user interaction to trigger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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