CVE-2011-1578
MediaWiki <1.16.3 - XSS
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (16)
Scores
EPSS
0.0071
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Classification
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Affected Products (50)
mediawiki/mediawiki
< 1.16.2
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
mediawiki/mediawiki
... and 35 more
Timeline
Published
Apr 27, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026