Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.4, when Internet Explorer 6 or earlier is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an uploaded file accessed with a dangerous extension such as .html located before a ? (question mark) in a query string, in conjunction with a modified URI path that has a %2E sequence in place of the . (dot) character. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1578.
Remediation
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Oracle Database Server CVE-2014-6577 Vulnerability (CVE-2014-6577)
Apache Tomcat Other Vulnerability (CVE-2002-1895)
WordPress Plugin WP Table Builder-WordPress Table Cross-Site Scripting (1.4.6)
WordPress Plugin Rating by BestWebSoft Cross-Site Scripting (0.1)
Zikula Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Vulnerability (CVE-2014-2293)