CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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3.9 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web-based installer (config/index.php) in MediaWiki 1.6 before 1.6.12, 1.12 before 1.12.4, and 1.13 before 1.13.4, when the installer is in active use, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
The bug was discovered 02/07/2009. The weakness was published 02/25/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-0737 since 02/25/2009. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 18 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36780 (Fedora 10 : mediawiki-1.14.0-45.fc10 (2009-2231)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.12.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (36780).
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.1
- 1.13.2
- 1.13.3
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-79 / 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: 36780
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : mediawiki-1.14.0-45.fc10 (2009-2231)
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OpenVAS ID: 65007
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1901-1 (mediawiki1.7)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.12.0
Timeline
02/07/2009 🔍02/09/2009 🔍
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02/25/2009 🔍
02/25/2009 🔍
02/25/2009 🔍
03/02/2009 🔍
03/09/2009 🔍
04/23/2009 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0737 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 21209 - MediaWiki Prior to 1.13.3, 1.12.1 and 1.6.11 Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 33681 - MediaWiki 'config/index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33881 - MediaWiki Installer Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Not Critical
OSVDB: 52034 - MediaWiki - 'config.index.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Issues
Vupen: ADV-2009-0368
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/30/2019 12:40
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (77), 08/30/2019 12:40 (6)
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