MediaWiki Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:17269

Info

MediaWiki Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17269
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-1498
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 27 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 04 2006 08:43PM
Credit: The vendor reported this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.5.7
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.14
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.5.8
MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.15

Discussion

MediaWiki Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability

MediaWiki is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a lack of proper sanitization of 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 website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal 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 Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited via a web client.

Solution / Fix

MediaWiki Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:

The vendor has released versions 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 to address this issue.


MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.4.14

MediaWiki MediaWiki 1.5.7

References

MediaWiki Encoded Page Link HTML Injection Vulnerability

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