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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902070
Category:Web application abuses
Title:MediaWiki 1.15.x < 1.15.4, 1.16.x < 1.16 beta 3 XSS and CSRF Vulnerabilities
Summary:MediaWiki is prone to cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site; request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
MediaWiki is prone to cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site
request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
- A flaw is present while processing crafted Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS) strings, which are processed as scripts

- An error is present in the 'Special:Userlogin' form, which allows remote attackers to hijack the
authentication of users for requests that create accounts or reset passwords.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML and to hijack the authentication of users.

Affected Software/OS:
MediaWiki versions 1.15.x prior to 1.15.4 and 1.16.x prior to
1.16 beta 3.

Solution:
Update to version 1.15.4, 1.16 beta 3 or later.

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1647
FEDORA-2010-10779
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043803.html
FEDORA-2010-10848
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043856.html
[MediaWiki-announce] 20100528 MediaWiki security update: 1.15.4 and 1.16.0beta3
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-May/000091.html
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23687
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1648
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23371
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG

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