SB2023011267 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki
Published: January 12, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-39193)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to output of the supressed information by the application. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.
2) Improper Authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22945)
CWE-ID: CWE-285 - Improper Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authorization.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in the GrowthExperiments extension. Action=growthmanagementorlist makes it possible for blocked users to enroll
as mentors via the growthmanagementorlist API.
3) Inadequate Encryption Strength (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22912)
CWE-ID: CWE-326 - Inadequate Encryption Strength
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exist due to usage of AES-CTR encryption with repeated
nonce in TokenManager. A remote attacker can decrypt sensitive information.
4) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22909)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources in SpecialMobileHistory in the Mobile's frontend, which makes database queries very slow. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22911)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in E-Widgets. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.
6) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22910)
CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Wikibase date formatting. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/EWRDVJWBOECYCD73PIW52CA76UO62J3M/
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/879167/
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/879166/
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/879073/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T321733
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/Id1b83fcd58eccb8b2dfea44a3ab2f72314860d88
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments/+/857629/
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser/+/879074/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T320987
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend/+/857762/
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T149488
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Widgets/+/856035/
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase/+/879171/