SB2011042701 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

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SB2011042701 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

Published: April 27, 2011 Updated: December 22, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2011042701
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1579)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks or obtain sensitive information by using the 2f2a and 2a2f hex strings to surround CSS comments.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1580)

The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to manipulate data.

The transwiki import functionality in MediaWiki before 1.16.3 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to perform imports from any wgImportSources wiki via a crafted POST request.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References