Debian DSA-4651-1 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135206

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that some user-generated CSS selectors in MediaWiki, a website engine for collaborative work, were not escaped.

The oldstable distribution (stretch) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the mediawiki packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.31.7-1~deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135206

File Name: debian_DSA-4651.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10960

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mediawiki

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10960

DSA: 4651

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