Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, 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 .shtml at the end of the query string, in conjunction with a modified URI path that has a %2E sequence in place of the
Published May 23, 2011
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.10%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, 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 .shtml 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. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1578 and CVE-2011-1587.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.16.4
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.3
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.3.12
- 1.3.13
- 1.3.14
- 1.3.15
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.6.12
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.4
- 1.11
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.2
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.1
- 1.13.2
- 1.13.3
- 1.13.4
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.1
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.1
- 1.15.2
- 1.15.3
- 1.15.4
- 1.15.5
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.1
- 1.16.2
- 1.16.3
Running on/with
- ≤ 6
- 3.0
- 4.0
- 5
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02098) | 81.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.10% (0.02098) | 79.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 50.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.10% (0.02104) | 88.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00334) | 70.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2023 | 0.33% (0.00334) | 67.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00277) | 63.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060435.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060496.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060507.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44684 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47722 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702512 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28534 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060435.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060496.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060507.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/44684 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47722 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702512 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28534 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit |
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