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A vulnerability has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.4 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is 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. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) comments, aka "CSS injection vulnerability."
The weakness was published 02/01/2011 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0047. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51915 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (8d04cfbd-344d-11e0-8669-0025222482c5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.
Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65126) and Tenable (51915). Similar entry is available at 56337.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 51915
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (8d04cfbd-344d-11e0-8669-0025222482c5)
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OpenVAS ID: 68954
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: mediawiki
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.5
Timeline
12/21/2010 🔍02/01/2011 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0047 (🔍)
X-Force: 65126
Vulnerability Center: 29751 - MediaWiki Prior to 1.16.2 XSS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 46108 - MediaWiki CSS Comments Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 43142
OSVDB: 70770 - MediaWiki CSS Comments XSS
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Entry
Created: 03/20/2015 16:16Updated: 10/13/2021 17:19
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (64), 03/15/2017 12:45 (8), 10/13/2021 17:12 (5), 10/13/2021 17:19 (1)
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