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FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (d58726ff-ef5e-11ee-8d8e-080027a5b8e9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192735

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the d58726ff-ef5e-11ee-8d8e-080027a5b8e9 advisory.

 - Mediawiki reports: (T355538, CVE-2024-PENDING) SECURITY: XSS in edit summary parser. (T357760, CVE-2024-PENDING) SECURITY: Denial of service vector via GET request to Special:MovePage on pages with thousands of subpages. (d58726ff-ef5e-11ee-8d8e-080027a5b8e9)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?652840ce

http://www.nessus.org/u?e7dc648e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192735

File Name: freebsd_pkg_d58726ffef5e11ee8d8e080027a5b8e9.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 4/1/2024

Updated: 4/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki139, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki140, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki141, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2024