CVE-2011-1578

MediaWiki <1.16.3 - XSS

Title source: llm

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.

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