# CVE-2006-1498: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-03-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted encoded links.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1194
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-01.xml
- http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2006-March/000040.html
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19517
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_07_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17269
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25588
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19508
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19504

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