MediaWiki 1.23.x < 1.23.16 / 1.27.x < 1.27.2 / 1.28.x < 1.28.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700053

Synopsis

The remote web server is running a PHP application that is out of date.

Description

The version of MediaWiki installed is 1.23.x prior to 1.23.16, 1.27.x prior to 1.27.2, or 1.28.x prior to 1.28.1, and is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A flaw exists that is due to the program storing sensitive parameter information in 'api.log' in plaintext. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information. (CVE-2017-0361)
- A flaw exists as HTTP requests to 'includes/specials/SpecialWatchlist.php' do not require multiple steps, explicit confirmation, or a unique token when performing certain sensitive actions. By tricking a user into following a specially crafted link, a context-dependent attacker can perform a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF) attack causing the victim to mark all pages as visited in a watchlist. (CVE-2017-0362)
- A flaw exists that allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This flaw exists because the 'highlightText()' function in 'includes/search/SearchHighlighter.php' does not validate input before returning it to users. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that will execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. (CVE-2017-0365)
- A flaw exists that allows a stored XSS attack. This flaw exists because the program does not validate input when handling uploaded SVG files before returning it to users. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that will execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. (CVE-2017-0366)
- A flaw exists in the 'includes/cache/localisation/LocalisationCache.php' script that is triggered as the 'LocalisationCache' will fall back to the insecure temporary directory when determining the location to write the cache, potentially disclosing sensitive information to a local attacker. (CVE-2017-0367)
- A flaw exists in the 'includes/EditPage.php' script that is triggered as input passed via the message parser is not properly sanitized when using the rawHTML mode. This may allow a remote attacker to potentially inject arbitrary HTML content. (CVE-2017-0368)
- A flaw exists that may allow an authenticated remote attacker to potentially undelete a page without the appropriate authorizations. (CVE-2017-0369)
- A flaw exists in the 'includes/parser/Parser.php' script that is triggered as the spam blacklist features does not properly function on encoded URLs in the file inclusion syntax's link parameter. This may allow a remote attacker to bypass blacklist protection mechanisms. (CVE-2017-0370)
- A flaw exists that allows a stored XSS attack. This flaw exists because the 'SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php' script does not validate input to the 'start' parameter before returning it to users. This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that will execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server. (CVE-2017-0372)

Solution

Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.28.1. If 1.28.x cannot be obtained, versions 1.27.2 and 1.23.16 have also been patched for these vulnerabilities.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 700053

Family: CGI

Published: 4/10/2017

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight extension option injection vulnerability)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0361, CVE-2017-0362, CVE-2017-0365, CVE-2017-0366, CVE-2017-0367, CVE-2017-0368, CVE-2017-0369, CVE-2017-0370, CVE-2017-0372

Detections

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