CVE-2005-0536 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0536?

CVE-2005-0536 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 24 Feb 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.3.x before 1.3.11 and 1.4 beta before 1.4 rc1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files or determine file existence via a parameter related to image deletion.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0536?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0536?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2005-0536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0536, GHSA-whcw-cchg-x3hm.