Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-4031 - Unspecified vulnerability in Mediawiki
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN mediawiki
nessus
Summary
Eval injection vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via the "user language option," which is used as part of a dynamic class name that is processed using the eval function.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 8 |
Nessus
| NASL family | CGI abuses |
| NASL id | MEDIAWIKI_CODE_EXEC.NASL |
| description | The version of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by a remote command execution vulnerability due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can execute arbitrary PHP and shell commands on the remote host, subject to the privileges of the web server user id. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 20255 |
| published | 2005-12-05 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20255 |
| title | MediaWiki Language Option eval() Function Arbitrary PHP Code Execution |