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MediaWiki CSS Comments XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 51998
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Synopsis
The remote web server hosts a version of MediaWiki vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack.Description
There is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in this installation of MediaWiki that may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user. Such script code could steal authentication credentials and be used to launch other attacks.This version of MediaWiki also contains a local file inclusion vulnerability that is exploitable when running Microsoft Windows, but this plugin did not test for that vulnerability.
Solution
Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.16.2 or later.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?5c3c879f
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 51998
File Name: mediawiki_1_16_2.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
Published: 2/16/2011
Updated: 5/14/2025
Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki
Required KB Items: www/PHP, installed_sw/MediaWiki
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-0047
BID: 46108