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A vulnerability has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.5 Beta2 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.4.x before 1.4.6 and 1.5 before 1.5beta3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter in the page move template, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1888.
The bug was discovered 07/20/2005. The weakness was shared 07/12/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at novell.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2215 since 07/12/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18644 (MediaWiki 1.4.x < 1.4.6 / 1.5.x < 1.5.0 beta3 Page Move Template XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r.
Upgrading to version 1.4.x eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (18644). The entry 25882 is related to this item.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 18644
Nessus Name: MediaWiki 1.4.x < 1.4.6 / 1.5.x < 1.5.0 beta3 Page Move Template XSS
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.4.x
Timeline
07/07/2005 🔍07/07/2005 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: novell.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2215 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 8557 - XSS in MediaWiki < 1.5 beta, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14181 - MediaWiki Page Move Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 15950 - MediaWiki Move Template Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17763 - MediaWiki page move template cross-site scripting
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 11:41Updated: 06/06/2019 22:13
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (70), 06/06/2019 22:13 (3)
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