SB2020012828 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki MediaWiki

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SB2020012828 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki MediaWiki

Published: January 28, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020012828
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6451)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MediaWiki 1.19.9 before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1. 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.


2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6455)

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

The CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to obtain usernames via vectors related to writing the names to the DOM of a page.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References