Information disclosure in MediaWiki - CVE-2013-4301
Published: October 27, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42417
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4301
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki
MediaWiki
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderContext.php in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a "<" (open angle bracket) character in the lang parameter to w/load.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4301
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
- http://osvdb.org/96913
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54715
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21