MediaWiki Improper Input Validation Vulnerability - CVE-2010-1189 - Vulnerability Database

MediaWiki Improper Input Validation Vulnerability - CVE-2010-1189

Medium
Reference: CVE-2010-1189
Title: MediaWiki Improper Input Validation Vulnerability
Overview:

MediaWiki before 1.15.2 does not prevent wiki editors from linking to images from other web sites in wiki pages which allows editors to obtain IP addresses and other information of wiki users by adding a link to an image on an attacker-controlled web site aka quotCSS validation issue.quot