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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaWiki 1.18.4/1.19.1 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a File: link to a nonexistent image.
The weakness was released 08/31/2012 as not defined mailinglist post (Website). The advisory is available at lists.wikimedia.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-4377 since 08/21/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61765 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (7c0fecd6-f42f-11e1-b17b-000c2977ec30)), 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 to version 1.18.5 or 1.19.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at download.wikimedia.org. Applying the patch mediawiki-1.19.2.patch.gz is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at download.wikimedia.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (61765). bugzilla.wikimedia.org is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 6088, 6097, 6098 and 6099.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9
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Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 61765
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (7c0fecd6-f42f-11e1-b17b-000c2977ec30)
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OpenVAS ID: 71871
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: mediawiki
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.18.5/1.19.2
Patch: mediawiki-1.19.2.patch.gz
Timeline
08/21/2012 🔍08/31/2012 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4377 (🔍)
Secunia: 50477 - MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 85085
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Entry
Created: 09/04/2012 23:19Updated: 04/28/2019 16:12
Changes: 09/04/2012 23:19 (72), 04/28/2019 16:12 (13)
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