MediaWiki Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

BID:60077

Info

MediaWiki Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 60077
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-2114
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 22 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:37PM
Credit: Marco
Vulnerable: MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.5
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.4
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.3
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.2
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.1
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.6
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.5
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.4
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.3
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.2
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.1
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable: MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.6
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.7

Discussion

MediaWiki Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

MediaWiki is prone to a vulnerability that lets attackers upload arbitrary files.

An attacker may leverage this issue to upload arbitrary files to the affected computer. Note that this issue could be exploited to execute arbitrary code, however, this has not been confirmed.

The following versions are vulnerable:

MediaWiki 1.20.0 through 1.20.5
MediaWiki 1.19.0 through 1.19.6

Exploit / POC

MediaWiki Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

MediaWiki Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

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