SB2011042704 - Code Injection in MediaWiki



SB2011042704 - Code Injection in MediaWiki

Published: April 27, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2011042704
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2789)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in MediaWikiParserTest.php in MediaWiki 1.16 beta, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via unspecified vectors.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.