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GLSA-200507-18 : MediaWiki: XSS vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 19231

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-18 (MediaWiki: XSS vulnerability)

 MediaWiki fails to escape a parameter in the page move template correctly.
 Impact :

 By enticing a user to visit a specially crafted URL, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript code that will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of the vulnerable site.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest available version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.7'

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?402bae80

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 19231

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-18.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 7/20/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mediawiki, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2396

GLSA: 200507-18