Debian dsa-5957 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 241337

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5957 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5957-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff July 03, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mediawiki CVE ID : CVE-2025-6590 CVE-2025-6591 CVE-2025-6593 CVE-2025-6594 CVE-2025-6595 CVE-2025-6597 CVE-2025-6926 CVE-2025-32072

Multiple security issues were discovered in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, which could result in cross-site scripting, information disclosure, HTML injection or incorrect tracking of authentication events.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 1:1.39.13-1~deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.

For the detailed security status of mediawiki please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mediawiki

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 241337

File Name: debian_DSA-5957.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2025

Updated: 7/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-6926

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-32072

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki-classes, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/3/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-32072, CVE-2025-6590, CVE-2025-6591, CVE-2025-6593, CVE-2025-6594, CVE-2025-6595, CVE-2025-6597, CVE-2025-6926

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