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MediaWiki < 1.19.12 / 1.21.6 / 1.22.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 72878
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
According to its self-reported version number, the instance of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the includes/upload/UploadBase.php script due to improper validation of user-supplied input during the uploading of an SVG namespace. This allows a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between the browser and server.
(CVE-2014-2242)
- A flaw exists in the includes/User.php script in the theloadFromSession() function where the validation of user tokens is terminated upon encountering the first incorrect character. This allows a remote attacker to gain access to session tokens using a brute force timing attack. (CVE-2014-2243)
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php script in the formatHTML() function due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling links appended to api.php. This allows a context-dependent attacker to create a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between the browser and server.
(CVE-2014-2244)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.19.12 / 1.21.6 / 1.22.3 or later.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?325d9a7e
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.22
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T62771
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 72878
File Name: mediawiki_1_19_12.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 3/7/2014
Updated: 5/14/2025
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks (optional)
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki
Required KB Items: www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/MediaWiki
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2014