CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4031

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take control of the server, execute arbitrary system commands, access sensitive data, or install malware.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade MediaWiki to version 1.5.3 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS