MediaWiki up to 1.9.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in MediaWiki up to 1.9.0. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0177. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.9.0 (Content Management System). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX module in MediaWiki before 1.6.9, 1.7 before 1.7.2, 1.8 before 1.8.3, and 1.9 before 1.9.0rc2, when wgUseAjax is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2007. The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2007 with BugSec (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0177 since 01/10/2007. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27347 (openSUSE 10 Security Update : mediawiki (mediawiki-3065)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.6.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (31359), Exploit-DB (29404), Tenable (27347), SecurityFocus (BID 21956†) and OSVDB (31525†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 27347
Nessus Name: openSUSE 10 Security Update : mediawiki (mediawiki-3065)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.6.9
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Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: sourceforge.net
Organization: BugSec
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0177 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0177
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34337
X-Force: 31359
SecurityFocus: 21956 - MediaWiki AJAX Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 23647
OSVDB: 31525 - MediaWiki AJAX Support Module Unspecified XSS
Vulnerability Center: 16646 - MediaWiki AJAX Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0096

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 10/13/2025 09:16
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (75), 07/29/2019 09:05 (8), 10/13/2025 09:16 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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