Wikimedia CSS Extension up to 1.39.8/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Wikimedia CSS Extension up to 1.39.8/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-47841. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Wikimedia CSS Extension up to 1.39.8/1.41.2/1.42.1 on Mediawiki. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CSS Extension allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Mediawiki - CSS Extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.2, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.39.X before 1.39.9.

The weakness was shared by Rhinosf1. The advisory is shared at phabricator.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-47841 since 10/04/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.39.9, 1.41.3 or 1.42.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

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• Wikimedia

Name

• CSS Extension

Version

• 1.39.0
• 1.39.1
• 1.39.2
• 1.39.3
• 1.39.4
• 1.39.5
• 1.39.6
• 1.39.7
• 1.39.8
• 1.41.0
• 1.41.1
• 1.41.2
• 1.42.0
• 1.42.1

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