Is CVE-2005-3165 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-3165 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-3165?

CVE-2005-3165 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-3165?

CVE-2005-3165 has an EPSS score of 1.26% (66th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3165?

Upgrade mediawiki on debian 11 to 1.4.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-3165

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki before 1.4.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) <math> tags or (2) Extension or <nowiki> sections that "bypass HTML style attribute restrictions" that are intended to protect against XSS vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer clients.

How to fix

Remediation Available

mediawikiDebian

Fixed in:1.4.9CVE-2005-3165

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

66thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 66% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Vendor Advisory1

lwn.net

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