MediaWiki up to 1.22.0 cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in MediaWiki. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-3454. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Special:CreateCategory in the SemanticForms extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that create categories via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2014-3454 since 05/12/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 and running in the context r.

Upgrading to version 1.19.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72370) and SecurityFocus (BID 64966†). The entries VDB-12002, VDB-12011, VDB-12012 and VDB-69653 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.19.0

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01/14/2014 🔍
02/06/2014 +23 days 🔍
05/12/2014 +95 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +317 days 🔍
03/09/2019 +1445 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: lists.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-3454 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3454
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69652
SecurityFocus: 64966

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/09/2019 16:40
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (56), 03/09/2019 16:40 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:4D8:103

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