SB2023033113 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki
Published: March 31, 2023 Updated: July 6, 2023
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29141)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to way application handles the X-Forwarded-For header. A remote attacker can use the X-Forwarded-For header to brute-force the autoblocked IP addresses.
2) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: N/A)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to an error in OATHAuth implementation. A remote attacker can perform a replay attack when MediaWiki is configured without ObjectCache.
3) Incorrect regular expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36649)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a very complex regular expression in papaparse.js. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and consume extensive system resources, resulting in a denial of service condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.