Open redirect in MediaWiki - CVE-2017-0363

 

Open redirect in MediaWiki - CVE-2017-0363

Published: April 13, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31321
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0363
CWE-ID: CWE-601
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 has a flaw where Special:UserLogin?returnto=interwiki:foo will redirect to external sites.


How to mitigate CVE-2017-0363

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources