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FreeBSD : mediawiki -- Clickjacking vulnerabilities (e177c410-1943-11e0-9d1c-000c29ba66d2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 51420

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Clickjacking vulnerabilities :

Clickjacking is a type of vulnerability discovered in 2008, which is similar to CSRF. The attack involves displaying the target webpage in a iframe embedded in a malicious website. Using CSS, the submit button of the form on the targeit webpage is made invisible, and then overlaid with some button or link on the malicious website that encourages the user to click on it.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T28561

http://www.nessus.org/u?a00739ad

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 51420

File Name: freebsd_pkg_e177c410194311e09d1c000c29ba66d2.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 1/6/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2011