{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:27Z",
  "published": "2005-12-22T21:03:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2005-4501",
  "details": "MediaWiki before 1.5.4 uses a hard-coded \"internal placeholder string\", which allows remote attackers to bypass protection against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and execute Javascript using inline style attributes, which are processed by Internet Explorer.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/18219"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/18717"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3059"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/18219"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16032"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23882"
    }
  ]
}