MediaWiki cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in MediaWiki. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-6731. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the SemanticForms extension for MediaWiki allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) section_*, (2) template_*, (3) label_*, or (4) new_template parameter to Special:CreateForm or (5) target or (6) alt_form parameter to Special:FormEdit.

The weakness was presented 09/01/2015 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at phabricator.wikimedia.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6731 since 08/27/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. 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 85698 (Fedora 23 : mediawiki-1.25.2-2.fc23 (2015-13920)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123934 (Fedora Security Update for mediawiki (FEDORA-2015-13920)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (85698), SecurityFocus (BID 76334†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54203†). See VDB-77534, VDB-77539, VDB-77540 and VDB-77541 for similar entries. 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 85698
Nessus Name: Fedora 23 : mediawiki-1.25.2-2.fc23 (2015-13920)
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-05
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/12/2015 🔍
08/27/2015 +15 days 🔍
08/28/2015 +1 days 🔍
08/31/2015 +3 days 🔍
09/01/2015 +1 days 🔍
09/01/2015 +0 days 🔍
09/03/2015 +2 days 🔍
11/05/2015 +63 days 🔍
03/10/2018 +856 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: phabricator.wikimedia.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-6731 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6731
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77543
SecurityFocus: 76334
Vulnerability Center: 54203 - MediaWiki Remote XSS Vulnerability in the SemanticForms Extension - CVE-2015-6731, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2015 10:22
Updated: 03/10/2018 12:23
Changes: 09/03/2015 10:22 (61), 03/10/2018 12:23 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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