SB2020012731 - Information disclosure in MediaWiki MediaWiki



SB2020012731 - Information disclosure in MediaWiki MediaWiki

Published: January 27, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020012731
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9481)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The Scribunto extension for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to obtain the rollback token and possibly other sensitive information via a crafted module, related to unstripping special page HTML.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.