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FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (f84ab297-2285-11ec-9e79-08002789875b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153872

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Synopsis

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

Description

MediaWiki reports :

(T285515, CVE-2021-41798) SECURITY: XSS vulnerability in Special:Search.

(T290379, CVE-2021-41799) SECURITY: ApiQueryBacklinks can cause a full table scan.

(T284419, CVE-2021-41800) SECURITY: fix PoolCounter protection of Special:Contributions.

(T279090, CVE-2021-41801) SECURITY: ReplaceText continues performing actions if the user no longer has the correct permission (such as by being blocked).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?31e02f7b

http://www.nessus.org/u?d1c0b008

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153872

File Name: freebsd_pkg_f84ab297228511ec9e7908002789875b.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 10/5/2021

Updated: 11/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41801

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki131, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki135, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki136, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41798, CVE-2021-41799, CVE-2021-41800, CVE-2021-41801