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TI-2005-02994 Aliases CVE-2005-3167GHSA-pxm9-3wx9-3q85

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.4.11 does not properly remove…

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

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.4.11 does not properly remove certain CSS inputs (HTML inline style attributes) that are processed as active content by Internet Explorer, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0123 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 · 15

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:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.9Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.10Vulnerablemediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4_beta1Vulnerablemediawiki
  • 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:1.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.9 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.10 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta1 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
Show 5 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
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_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_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta2 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4_beta3 Vulnerable ·mediawiki
  • 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-2005-3167
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pxm9-3wx9-3q85

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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