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MediaWiki < 1.18.5 / 1.19.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 62358
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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 instance of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities :- A stored cross-site scripting (HTML injection) vulnerability exists because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input submitted to the 'File:' tag of a non-existing image through comments. (CVE-2012-4377)
- Multiple DOM-based cross-site scripting vulnerabilities exist because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input to the 'uselang' parameter and JavaScript gadgets on various language Wikipedias. (CVE-2012-4378)
- A cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability exists because the application fails to properly validate requests when X-Frame-Options headers are used. (CVE-2012-4379)
- A security-bypass vulnerability exists because the application fails to prevent the account creation for IP addresses blocked with the 'GlobalBlocking' extension.
(CVE-2012-4380)
- A security-bypass vulnerability exists because the application fails to prevent the use of old passwords in the external authentication system for non-existing accounts. (CVE-2012-4381)
- An information disclosure occurs when an admin attempts to block a user who has already been blocked. This discloses the block reason to the second admin, regardless of the admin's privileges. (CVE-2012-4382)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.18.5 / 1.19.2 or later.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?d93d9844
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18#MediaWiki_1.18.5
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19#MediaWiki_1.19.2
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 62358
File Name: mediawiki_1_18_5.nasl
Version: 1.12
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 9/27/2012
Updated: 6/6/2024
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Enable CGI Scanning: true
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4380
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4377, CVE-2012-4378, CVE-2012-4379, CVE-2012-4380, CVE-2012-4381, CVE-2012-4382
BID: 55370