Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801877
Category:	Web application abuses
Title:	MediaWiki < 1.15.5 'profileinfo.php' XSS Vulnerability - Active Check
Summary:	MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS); vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw is caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed via the 'filter' parameter to profileinfo.php, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and script code on the web server. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. Affected Software/OS: MediaWiki versions prior to 1.15.5. Solution: Update to version 1.15.5, 1.16.0 or later. CVSS Score: 2.6 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2788 42024 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42024 FEDORA-2011-5495 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html FEDORA-2011-5807 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html FEDORA-2011-5812 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html FEDORA-2011-5848 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html [mediawiki-announce] 20100728 MediaWiki security release: 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-July/000092.html [oss-security] 20100729 Re: CVE request: mediawiki http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/29/4 http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69952 http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69984 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620225 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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