SB2019103123 - Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux
Published: October 31, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1951)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MediaWiki before 1.19.5 and 1.20.x before 1.20.4 and. 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
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104022.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104027.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/16/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59077
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1951
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1951
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48084
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1951