SB2023100344 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki



SB2023100344 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

Published: October 3, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023100344
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 7
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 14% Low 86%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 7 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect processing of permissions, which leads to users with incorrect permissions to be incorrectly displayed.


2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop for self-redirects. A remote attacker can cause denial of service conditions.


3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

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. 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.


4) Spoofing attack (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to vector-intro-page can display an incorrect title. A remote attacker can perform a spoofing attack.


5) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: N/A)

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 passed via "youhavenewmessagesmanyusers" and "youhavenewmessages" messages. A remote attacker can 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) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-3550)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Special:Upload when handling XML files. A remote user can upload a specially crafted XML file and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.



7) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: N/A)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to diff-multi-sameuser ("X intermediate revisions by the same user not shown") ignores username suppression. A remote user can bypass implemented security restrictions.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.