Detections
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MediaWiki < 1.3.17 / 1.4.11 / 1.5.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 19949
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
According to its version number, the version of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- A denial of service vulnerability exists due to an unspecified flaw in 'edit submission handling' that causes the corruption of the previous submission. A remote attacker can exploit this via a crafted URL. A spam bot known to be active in the wild can reportedly trigger this issue. (CVE-2005-3166)
- A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input for HTML inline style attributes. (CVE-2005-3167)
Solution
Upgrade to MediaWiki 1.3.17 / 1.4.11 / 1.5.0 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 19949
File Name: mediawiki_edit_history_corruption.nasl
Version: 1.23
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 10/11/2005
Updated: 6/5/2024
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.2
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki
Required KB Items: www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/MediaWiki
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-3166, CVE-2005-3167