Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1405 - Remote Arbitrary Script Upload vulnerability in MediaWiki
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
MediaWiki 1.3.8 and earlier, when used with Apache mod_mime, does not properly handle files with two file extensions, such as .php.rar, which allows remote attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable Configurations
Exploit-Db
| description | MediaWiki 1.3.x Remote Arbitrary Script Upload Vulnerability. CVE-2004-1405. Webapps exploit for php platform |
| id | EDB-ID:24994 |
| last seen | 2016-02-03 |
| modified | 2004-12-16 |
| published | 2004-12-16 |
| reporter | Jeremy Bae |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/24994/ |
| title | MediaWiki 1.3.x - Remote Arbitrary Script Upload Vulnerability |
Nessus
| NASL family | CGI abuses |
| NASL id | MEDIAWIKI_MULTIPLE_FLAWS.NASL |
| description | The remote host appears is running a version of MediaWiki prior to 1.3.11. It is, therefore, affected by various vulnerabilities, including some that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code on the remote host. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 18035 |
| published | 2005-04-13 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18035 |
| title | MediaWiki < 1.3.11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities |