CVE-2004-1405 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-02-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 12.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.3.11:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12046.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110321710420059&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13478/
http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11985

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-12T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:22.795Z

Reserved: 2005-02-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1405

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1405

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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