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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900421
Category:Web application abuses
Title:MediaWiki < 1.6.11, 1.12.x < 1.12.2, 1.13.x < 1.13.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Dec 2008)
Summary:MediaWiki is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
MediaWiki is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability 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.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary
codes in the context of the web application and execute cross site scripting attacks.

Affected Software/OS:
MediaWiki versions prior to 1.6.11, 1.12.x through 1.12.1 and
1.13.0 through 1.13.2.

Solution:
Update to version 1.6.11, 1.12.2, 1.13.3 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5249
BugTraq ID: 32844
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32844
Debian Security Information: DSA-1901 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1901
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01256.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01309.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-December/000080.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33133
http://secunia.com/advisories/33349
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5250
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:004 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-5252
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG

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