SB2011042703 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

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SB2011042703 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

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

Security Bulletin ID SB2011042703
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2787)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

api.php in MediaWiki before 1.15.5 does not prevent use of public caching headers for private data, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information by retrieving documents from an HTTP proxy cache that has been used by a victim.


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2788)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in profileinfo.php in MediaWiki before 1.15.5, when wgEnableProfileInfo is enabled, when processing filter parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References