Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux - CVE-2013-1951
Published: October 31, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU35131
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1951
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MediaWiki before 1.19.5 and 1.20.x before 1.20.4 and. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1951
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104022.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/104027.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/16/12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59077
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1951
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-1951
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48084
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1951