CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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5.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:
Unspecified vulnerability in "edit submission handling" for MediaWiki 1.4.x before 1.4.10 and 1.3.x before 1.3.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (corruption of the previous submission) via a crafted URL.
The bug was discovered 09/21/2005. The weakness was presented 10/07/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3166 since 10/06/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19949 (MediaWiki < 1.3.17 / 1.4.11 / 1.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 1.4.x eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24429) and Tenable (19949). See VDB-26514 for similar entry.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.3.12
- 1.3.13
- 1.3.14
- 1.3.15
- 1.4 Beta1
- 1.4 Beta2
- 1.4 Beta3
- 1.4 Beta4
- 1.4 Beta5
- 1.4 Beta6
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 19949
Nessus Name: MediaWiki < 1.3.17 / 1.4.11 / 1.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.4.x
Timeline
09/21/2005 🔍10/06/2005 🔍
10/06/2005 🔍
10/06/2005 🔍
10/06/2005 🔍
10/07/2005 🔍
10/07/2005 🔍
10/10/2005 🔍
10/11/2005 🔍
01/16/2007 🔍
03/11/2015 🔍
07/13/2019 🔍
Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-3166 (🔍)
X-Force: 24429
Vulnerability Center: 14054 - MediaWiki Unspecified Vulnerability Allows Remote Denial of Service via a Crafted URL, Medium
SecurityFocus: 15024 - MediaWiki HTML Inline Style Attributes Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 17083 - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 19956 - MediaWiki Crafted Edit Submission Database Corruption DoS
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 07/13/2019 18:38
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (72), 07/13/2019 18:38 (4)
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