MediaWiki 1.24.0 text cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki 1.24.0. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument text causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-9479. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in MediaWiki 1.24.0 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument text with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the preview in the TemplateSandbox extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the text parameter to Special:TemplateSandbox.

The weakness was disclosed 01/16/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-9479 since 01/03/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81227 (GLSA-201502-04 : MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (81227). The entries VDB-68472, VDB-68504, VDB-73688 and VDB-73686 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 81227
Nessus Name: GLSA-201502-04 : MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801877
OpenVAS Name: MediaWiki TemplateSandbox extension Cross-site scripting Vulnerability - Jan15
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Recommended: Upgrade
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02/07/2015 +22 days 🔍
02/09/2015 +2 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +46 days 🔍
04/02/2018 +1102 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-9479 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-9479
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73687
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/02/2018 11:45
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (43), 04/02/2018 11:45 (20)
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Cache ID: 216:A5B:103

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