SB2014042001 - Cross-site request forgery in MediaWiki
Published: April 20, 2014 Updated: December 22, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014042001
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2665)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-March/000145.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/28/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/7
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62497
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/121517/1/includes/specials/SpecialChangePassword.php