MediaWiki up to 1.23.10/1.24.3/1.25.2 ImageMagick Path information disclosure
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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.10/1.24.3/1.25.2 (Content Management System). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component ImageMagick. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Path). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
MediaWiki before 1.23.11, 1.24.x before 1.24.4, and 1.25.x before 1.25.3 uses the thumbnail ImageMagick command line argument, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path by reading the metadata of a PNG thumbnail file.
The weakness was released 10/29/2015 by Richard Stanway, RobinHood70, Sitic and Grunny (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-8005 since 10/28/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86554 (FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124333 (Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2015-97)).
Upgrading to version 1.23.11, 1.24.4 or 1.25.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (86554). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 78977, 78978, 78979 and 78980.
Product
Type
Name
Version
- 1.23.0
- 1.23.1
- 1.23.2
- 1.23.3
- 1.23.4
- 1.23.5
- 1.23.6
- 1.23.7
- 1.23.8
- 1.23.9
- 1.23.10
- 1.24.0
- 1.24.1
- 1.24.2
- 1.24.3
- 1.25.0
- 1.25.1
- 1.25.2
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Exploiting
Name: PathClass: Information disclosure / Path
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 86554
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mediawiki -- multiple vulnerabilities (b973a763-7936-11e5-a2a1-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 801900
OpenVAS Name: MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities - Nov15 (Windows)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.23.11/1.24.4/1.25.3
Timeline
10/19/2015 🔍10/23/2015 🔍
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10/28/2015 🔍
10/29/2015 🔍
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11/02/2015 🔍
11/09/2015 🔍
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Sources
Product: mediawiki.orgAdvisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Researcher: Richard Stanway, RobinHood70, Sitic, Grunny
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-8005 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1034028
Vulnerability Center: 54600 - MediaWiki Remote Information Disclosure in the PNG Thumbnail File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 77378
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Entry
Created: 11/02/2015 10:45Updated: 04/20/2018 09:17
Changes: 11/02/2015 10:45 (57), 04/20/2018 09:17 (21)
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