MediaWiki up to 1.3.10 cross-site request forgery

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
6.0$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.3.10 (Content Management System). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.3.x before 1.3.11 and 1.4 beta before 1.4 rc1 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as authenticated MediaWiki users.

The bug was discovered 02/22/2005. The weakness was released 02/22/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0535 since 02/24/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17236 (GLSA-200502-33 : MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.3.x eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19548) and Tenable (17236). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 24497 and 24496.

Productinfo

Type

Name

Version

License

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 17236
Nessus Name: GLSA-200502-33 : MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 54865
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200502-33 (mediawiki)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.3.x

Timelineinfo

02/22/2005 🔍
02/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/22/2005 +0 days 🔍
02/24/2005 +2 days 🔍
02/28/2005 +4 days 🔍
03/01/2005 +1 days 🔍
03/10/2005 +9 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3652 days 🔍
05/30/2019 +1542 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: securitytracker.com
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2005-0535 (🔍)
X-Force: 19548
SecurityTracker: 1013260
Vulnerability Center: 7260 - MediaWiki CSRF Cross Site Scripting Attack Enables Privilege Elevation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 12625 - MediaWiki Multiple Unspecified Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14360 - MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 14049 - MediaWiki forgery request cross-site scripting

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 05/30/2019 16:54
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (79), 05/30/2019 16:54 (6)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!