MediaWiki up to 1.11 Development cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.11 Development (Content Management System). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the API pretty-printing mode in MediaWiki 1.8.0 through 1.8.4, 1.9.0 through 1.9.3, 1.10.0 through 1.10.1, and the 1.11 development versions before 1.11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 09/10/2007. The weakness was presented 09/11/2007 with Wikimedia (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4828 since 09/12/2007. 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26093 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- XSS vulnerability (c9c14242-6843-11dc-82b6-02e0185f8d72)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at lists.wikimedia.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36558) and Tenable (26093). See 38772 for similar entry.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 26093
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- XSS vulnerability (c9c14242-6843-11dc-82b6-02e0185f8d72)
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OpenVAS ID: 58791
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: mediawiki
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: lists.wikimedia.org

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Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Organization: Wikimedia
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4828 (🔍)
X-Force: 36558 - MediaWiki pretty-printing mode cross-site scripting, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 16232 - MediaWiki API Pretty-Printing Mode Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 25632 - MediaWiki API Pretty-Printing Mode Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 26870
OSVDB: 36946 - MediaWiki API pretty-printing mode Unspecified Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2007-3130

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Created: 09/19/2007 09:00
Updated: 07/27/2019 07:33
Changes: 09/19/2007 09:00 (92), 07/27/2019 07:33 (1)
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