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TI-2005-02992 Aliases CVE-2005-3165GHSA-6gx9-22p7-84wm

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.4.9 allow…

Priority LOW 23Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) <math> tags or (2) Extension or <nowiki> sections that "bypass HTML style attribute restrictions" that are intended to protect against XSS vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer clients.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01265 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.3Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.5Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.6Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.7Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.8Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta1Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta2Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta3Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.5 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.6 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.7 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.8 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta4Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta5Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta6Vulnerablemediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta4 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta5 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta6 Vulnerable ·mediawiki

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-3165
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gx9-22p7-84wm

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-18933 An issue was discovered in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki through 1.39.3. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-13576 An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.10, 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.6… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-03312 Stored XSS leads to privilege escalation in MediaWiki v1.40.0 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-42109 Cross-site request forgery in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - RedirectManager Extension CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2024-22822 An issue was discovered in includes/CommentFormatter/CommentParser.php in MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2023-18935 An issue was discovered in the ProofreadPage (aka Proofread Page) extension for MediaWiki… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
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Sources

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