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MediaWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities Dec08

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Web application abuses

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is running MediaWiki and is prone to Multiple Vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to, - input is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user - input related to uploads is not properly sanitised before being used - SVG scripts are not properly sanitised before being used - the application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests.

Affected Software

Affected Software

MediaWiki version 1.13.0 to 1.13.2 MediaWiki version 1.12.x to 1.12.1 MediaWiki versions prior to 1.6.11.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to the latest versions 1.13.3, 1.12.2 or 1.6.11.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)