FKIE_CVE-2005-4031

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-06 11:03 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
Eval injection vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the "user language option," which is used as part of a dynamic class name that is processed using the eval function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17866Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=34373&release_id=375755Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/392156US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15703Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2726
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17866Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=34373&release_id=375755Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/392156US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15703Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2726
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5.0
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5.1
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5.2
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_alpha1
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_alpha2
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_beta1
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_beta2
mediawiki mediawiki 1.5_beta3
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