CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.1 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. 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 1.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a parameter to the page move template.
The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-2396 since 07/27/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19231 (GLSA-200507-18 : MediaWiki: XSS vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21491) and Tenable (19231). The entry 25744 is pretty similar.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.3
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.4 Beta1
- 1.4 Beta2
- 1.4 Beta3
- 1.4 Beta4
- 1.4 Beta5
- 1.4 Beta6
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.5
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 19231
Nessus Name: GLSA-200507-18 : MediaWiki: XSS vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 54994
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200507-18 (mediawiki)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
07/07/2005 🔍07/07/2005 🔍
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07/20/2005 🔍
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07/27/2005 🔍
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07/14/2009 🔍
03/11/2015 🔍
07/05/2021 🔍
Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: sourceforge.net
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-2396 (🔍)
X-Force: 21491
Vulnerability Center: 22863 - MediaWiki 1.4.6 and Prior Remote Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability via Page Move Template, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14327 - MediaWiki Unspecified Remote Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 15950 - MediaWiki Move Template Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 17763 - MediaWiki Page Move Template XSS
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 07/05/2021 14:29
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (65), 02/11/2017 10:39 (12), 07/05/2021 14:29 (3)
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