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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.6 (Content Management System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Raw HTML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity.
The weakness was presented 12/04/2014 by PleaseStand and Jackmcbarn as Changes since 1.23.6 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mediawiki.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-9276 since 12/04/2014. 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. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The advisory points out:
User PleaseStand reported a way to inject code into API clients that used format=php to process pages that underwent flash policy mangling.
It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79986 (Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mediawiki (MDVSA-2014:241)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.23.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. The changelog entry contains the following remark:
This was fixed along with improving how the mangling was done for format=json, and allowing sites to disable the mangling using $wgMangleFlashPolicy.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99151) and Tenable (79986). See 68349 and 73686 for similar entries.
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Exploiting
Class: Cross-site request forgeryCWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Highly functional
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Nessus ID: 79986
Nessus Name: Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : mediawiki (MDVSA-2014:241)
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OpenVAS ID: 801900
OpenVAS Name: MediaWiki ExpandTemplates extension Multiple Vulnerabilities - Jan15
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.23.7
Timeline
11/27/2014 🔍12/04/2014 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: Changes since 1.23.6
Researcher: PleaseStand, Jackmcbarn
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9276 (🔍)
X-Force: 99151 - MediaWiki unspecified cross-site request forgery, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031301
SecurityFocus: 71473 - MediaWiki Cross Site Scripting and PHP Code Injection Vulnerabilities
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 12/05/2014 09:52Updated: 02/27/2022 15:36
Changes: 12/05/2014 09:52 (78), 05/02/2019 18:42 (5), 02/27/2022 15:36 (3)
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