MediaWiki up to 1.20.5 File Upload unrestricted upload

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MediaWiki up to 1.20.5. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component File Upload. Performing a manipulation results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-2114. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.20.5 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code of the component File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the chunk upload API in MediaWiki 1.19 through 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension.

The weakness was published 11/17/2013 as Bug 48306 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2114 since 02/19/2013. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67370 (Fedora 17 : mediawiki-1.19.7-1.fc17 (2013-9622)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84527), Tenable (67370), SecurityFocus (BID 60077†), Secunia (SA55433†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39915†). Similar entries are available at VDB-12825, VDB-65474 and VDB-65473. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Unrestricted upload
CWE: CWE-434 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 67370
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : mediawiki-1.19.7-1.fc17 (2013-9622)
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OpenVAS ID: 866914
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2013-15994
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02/19/2013 🔍
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03/24/2015 +492 days 🔍
01/10/2022 +2484 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: Bug 48306
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-2114 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2114
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65475
X-Force: 84527
SecurityFocus: 60077 - MediaWiki Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability
Secunia: 55433 - Gentoo update for mediawiki, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 39915 - MediaWiki 1.19-1.19.6, 1.20-1.20.5 Remote Code Execution due to Improper Validation of File Extensions for Certain Uploaded Files, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/10/2022 13:20
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 05/02/2017 08:27 (7), 01/10/2022 13:20 (3)
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