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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MediaWiki up to 1.4 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown functionality. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.16.4, when Internet Explorer 6 or earlier is used, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an uploaded file accessed with a dangerous extension such as .html located before a ? (question mark) in a query string, in conjunction with a modified URI path that has a %2E sequence in place of the . (dot) character. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2011-1578.
The weakness was released 04/26/2011 by Masato Kinugawa as Bug 696360 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-1587 since 04/05/2011. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53449 (MediaWiki API XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS.
Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67119) and Tenable (53449). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 57259, 57258 and 57257.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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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: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 53449
Nessus Name: MediaWiki API XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 70578
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2366-1 (mediawiki)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.5
Timeline
04/05/2011 🔍04/13/2011 🔍
04/15/2011 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: Bug 696360
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1587 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67119
Vulnerability Center: 34081 - MediaWiki before 1.16.4 with Internet Explorer 6 or Earlier Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 47354 - MediaWiki Versions Prior to 1.16.3 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 44142
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Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/05/2021 09:41
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/09/2017 13:00 (12), 11/05/2021 09:41 (4)
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