CVE-2006-1498

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted encoded links.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.03% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1194	vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-01.xml	vendor advisory
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2006-March/000040.html	mailing list patch
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
http://secunia.com/advisories/19517	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_07_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17269	vdb entry patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25588	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19508	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19504	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1498?: CVE-2006-1498 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1498?: To fix CVE-2006-1498, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1498 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1498 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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