FreeBSD : mediawiki -- XSS vulnerability (74b7403c-c4d5-11da-b2fb-000e0c2e438a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21453

Synopsis

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

Description

The mediawiki development team reports that there is an site scripting vulnerability within mediawiki. The vulnerability is caused by improper checking of encoded links which could allow the injection of html in the output generated by mediawiki. This could lead to cross site scripting attacks against mediawiki installations.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21453

File Name: freebsd_pkg_74b7403cc4d511dab2fb000e0c2e438a.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mediawiki, 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: 4/5/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1498

BID: 17269

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