CVE-2011-1578
MediaWiki Internet Explorer XSS Filedownload Injection
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.3, when Internet Explorer 6 or earlier is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an uploaded file accessed with a dangerous extension such as .html at the end of the query string, in conjunction with a modified URI path that has a %2E sequence in place of the . (dot) character.
INFO
Published Date :
April 27, 2011, 12:55 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:26 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1578
vulnerability.
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CVE-2011-1578 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2011-1578 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html Added Reference http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html Added Reference http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/44142 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360 Added Reference https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28235 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66737 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 23, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66737 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66737 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 27, 2011
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-1578 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-1578
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.58 }} -0.02%
score
0.66530
percentile