The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5785 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5785-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     October 05, 2024                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : mediawiki     CVE ID         : CVE-2024-47913

    Dom Walden discovered that the AbuseFilter extension in MediaWiki, a     website engine for collaborative work, performed incomplete authorisation     checks.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki packages.

    For the detailed security status of mediawiki please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mediawiki

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

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Debian dsa-5785 : mediawiki - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208215

Version 1.1