MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

BID:65003

Info

MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 65003
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-6451
CVE-2013-6452
CVE-2013-6453
CVE-2013-6454
CVE-2013-6472
CVE-2013-4574
CVE-2013-4570
CVE-2013-4571
CVE-2013-6455
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 14 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:12PM
Credit: Chris from RationalWiki, Michael M, Bawolff, Eran Roz, Ravindra Singh Rathore and the vendor.
Vulnerable: MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.21.3
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.21.2
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.21.1
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.9
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.8
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 1.19
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.22.0
Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
Debian Linux 6.0 sparc
Debian Linux 6.0 s/390
Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 6.0 mips
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 6.0 arm
Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable: MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.21.4
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.19.10
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.22.1

Discussion

MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

MediaWiki is prone to the following security vulnerabilities:

1. Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
2. Multiple information-disclosure vulnerabilities
3. Multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities
4. An HTML-injection vulnerability
5. A denial-of-service vulnerability
6. A buffer-overflow vulnerability
7. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability

An attacker can exploit these issues to perform unauthorized actions, bypass security restrictions, cause denial-of-service conditions, execute attacker-supplied HTML or JavaScript code in the context of the affected site, to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, execute arbitrary code, or gain access to sensitive information.

Versions prior to MediaWiki 1.19.20, 1.21.4 and 1.22.1 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit this issue using a browser or readily available tools.

Solution / Fix

MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

References

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