SB2014042902 - Cross-site scripting in MediaWiki

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SB2014042902 - Cross-site scripting in MediaWiki

Published: April 29, 2014 Updated: December 22, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014042902
Severity
Low
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) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2853)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in MediaWiki before 1.21.9 and 1.22.x before 1.22.6 when processing sort key in an info action. 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