PT-2004-3080 · Mediawiki · Mediawiki

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2004-2185

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki version 1.3.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary scripts and/or SQL queries via several components, including the UnicodeConverter extension, raw page views, SpecialIpblocklist, SpecialEmailuser, SpecialMaintenance, and ImagePage.

Recommendations For MediaWiki version 1.3.5, consider disabling the UnicodeConverter extension and restricting access to raw page views, SpecialIpblocklist, SpecialEmailuser, SpecialMaintenance, and ImagePage until a patch is available. Avoid using these components to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2185

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 7

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2185 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11416 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2185 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2185 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2185 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=275099 · Note