CVE-2004-1405: Mediawiki

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Mediawiki Mediawiki: version 1.3 only; version 1.3.0 only; version 1.3.1 only; version 1.3.2 only; version 1.3.3 only; version 1.3.4 only; …

Published 2004-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.