VDB-69640 · CVE-2013-4571 · BID 65003

MediaWiki up to 1.22.0 Sandbox memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Sandbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in php-luasandbox in the Scribuntu extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 has unspecified impact and remote vectors.

The weakness was published 05/12/2014 by Ravindra Singh Rathore (Bawolff) with RationalWiki (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-4571 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72370 (MediaWiki < 1.19.10 / 1.21.4 / 1.22.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12828 (MediaWiki Information Disclosure,Denial of Service and Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.19.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (72370). Similar entries are available at 12002, 12011, 12012 and 12046.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 72370
Nessus Name: MediaWiki < 1.19.10 / 1.21.4 / 1.22.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.19.9

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Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Researcher: Ravindra Singh Rathore (Bawolff)
Organization: RationalWiki
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-4571 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 44518 - MediaWiki Scribuntu Extension Remote Code Execution in the Implementation of php-luasandbo, High
SecurityFocus: 65003 - MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/21/2022 10:11
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (62), 05/28/2017 03:00 (6), 03/21/2022 10:11 (3)
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