CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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3.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted encoded links.
The bug was discovered 03/27/2006. The weakness was presented 03/29/2006 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-1498 since 03/29/2006. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21194 (GLSA-200604-01 : 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 and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.5.8 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 (25588) and Tenable (21194).
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.5 Alpha1
- 1.5 Alpha2
- 1.5 Beta1
- 1.5 Beta2
- 1.5 Beta3
- 1.5 Beta4
- 1.5 Rc2
- 1.5 Rc3
- 1.5 Rc4
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9
VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 21194
Nessus Name: GLSA-200604-01 : MediaWiki: XSS vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 56519
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: mediawiki
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.5.8
Timeline
03/27/2006 🔍03/27/2006 🔍
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03/29/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1498 (🔍)
X-Force: 25588
Vulnerability Center: 10982 - MediaWiki XSS via Malicious Encoded Links, Medium
SecurityFocus: 17269 - MediaWiki Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 19504 - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24321 - CVE-2006-1498 - MediaWiki - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-1194
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 12:19Updated: 06/16/2019 12:39
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/16/2019 12:39 (9)
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