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Gentoo: GLSA-202309-05 Moderate Security Issue in MediaWiki User Input

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Calendar Grey June 13, 2005
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MediaWiki on Gentoo has a cross-site scripting flaw, permitting code execution. Update advised for safety.
MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow arbitrary scripting code execution.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-12 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Low Title: MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability Date: June 13, 2005 Bugs: #95255 ID: 200506-12

Synopsis ======= MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow arbitrary scripting code execution.
Background ========= MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects like Wikipedia.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www-apps/mediawiki < 1.4.5 >= 1.4.5 *>= 1.3.13
========== MediaWiki incorrectly handles page template inclusions, rendering i...

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