Back to Database
Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-2611
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler in MediaWiki 1.6.x before r14349 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via unspecified vectors, possibly involving the usage of the | (pipe) character.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2006-2611
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/25713
- http://nickj.org/MediaWiki
- http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6055
- http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035812.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26646
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=rev&revision=14349
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1926
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/Sanitizer.php?r1=14349&r2=14348&pathrev=14349
- http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035814.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20189
More from mediawiki
View All →CVE-2022-47927
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.9, 1.36.x through...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-41767
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-41766
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and...
Medium
4.3
CVE-2022-41765
An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.8, 1.36.x and...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-39194
An issue was discovered in the MediaWiki through 1.38.2. The...
Medium
4.9
Affected Vendor
mediawiki
View all reports →Affected Software
mediawiki
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.6.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 26th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.