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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 |
Copyright | Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG |
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