Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2013-2114
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

mediawiki119
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU42368

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2114

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the chunk upload API in MediaWiki 1.19 through 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension. CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type per http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/434.html

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 6.0

mediawiki119: before 1.19.7-1.el6

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2013-5893


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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