Mediawiki CVE-2013-4303 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	62194
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-4303
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 04 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:16PM
Credit:	Andreas Peetz
Vulnerable:	MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.21.1 MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.6 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 1.19.7 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 Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64 Mandriva Business Server 1 Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:	MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.21.2 MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.20.7 MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.8

Mediawiki CVE-2013-4303 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Mediawiki is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Mediawiki 1.19.8, 1.20.7 and 1.21.2 are vulnerable.

Mediawiki CVE-2013-4303 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 52746 - XSS in MediaWiki API reintroduced in 1.21.1 (Andreas Peetz)
  
• CVE request: MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8 (oss-sec)
  
• MediaWiki 1.19 Release notes (MediaWiki)
  
• MediaWiki 1.20 Release notes (MediaWiki )
  
• MediaWiki 1.21 Release notes (MediaWiki)
  
• MediaWiki Homepage (MediaWiki)