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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2006-2611 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/Sanitizer.php in the variable handler in MediaWiki 1.6.x before r14349 allows remote a…

published 2006-05-26 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2610

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

1.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.wikimedia.org http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6055 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • mail.wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2006-May/035812.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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