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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MediaWiki up to 1.21.1 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown functionality of the file api.php. The manipulation of the argument siprop
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The weakness was disclosed 09/03/2013 as Bug 52746 as not defined bug report (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4303 since 06/12/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:api.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70050 (Fedora 20 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc20 (2013-15937)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12744 (MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities).
Upgrading to version 1.21.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mediawiki.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86897) and Tenable (70050). The entries 10138, 10139 and 146971 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 70050
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc20 (2013-15937)
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OpenVAS ID: 866929
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2013-15984
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.21.2
Timeline
06/12/2013 🔍09/03/2013 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: Bug 52746
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2013-4303 (🔍)
X-Force: 86897
Vulnerability Center: 41609 - Mediawiki Versions 1.19-1.19.7, 1.20-1.20.6, 1.21-1.21.1 Remote XSS Vulnerability via api.php - CVE-2013-4303, Medium
SecurityFocus: 62194 - Mediawiki CVE-2013-4303 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 54715 - MediaWiki Weakness and Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 96911
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 09/09/2013 12:14Updated: 05/24/2021 08:13
Changes: 09/09/2013 12:14 (75), 05/11/2017 09:09 (2), 05/24/2021 08:07 (2), 05/24/2021 08:10 (18), 05/24/2021 08:13 (1)
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Committer: olku
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