MediaWiki Page Template HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:13861

Info

MediaWiki Page Template HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13861
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1888
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:56PM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue are currently unknown; the vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
MediaWiki MediaWiki-stable 20031117
MediaWiki MediaWiki-stable 20031107
MediaWiki MediaWiki-stable 20030829
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.3
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.2
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.1
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta5
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta4
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta3
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta2
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta1
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.11
+ Gentoo Linux
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.10
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.9
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.8
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.7
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.6
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.5
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.4
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.3
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.2
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.1
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.5
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.13

Discussion

MediaWiki Page Template HTML Injection Vulnerability

MediaWiki is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be executed in the context of the affected Web site, potentially allowing for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. An attacker could also exploit this issue to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

MediaWiki Page Template HTML Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

MediaWiki Page Template HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in MediaWiki legacy version 1.3.13 and the stable series version 1.4.5.

Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200506-12 addressing this issue. Gentoo recommends all MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest available versions:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose www-apps/mediawiki

SUSE has released a security summary report (SUSE-SR:2005:019) addressing this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.


MediaWiki MediaWiki-stable 20031117

MediaWiki MediaWiki-stable 20030829

MediaWiki MediaWiki-stable 20031107

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.1

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.10

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.11

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.2

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.3

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.4

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.5

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.6

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.7

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.8

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.3.9

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta3

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta2

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta4

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta1

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4 beta5

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.1

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.2

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.3

References

MediaWiki Page Template HTML Injection Vulnerability

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