MediaWiki 'mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	69135
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2014-5242
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 30 2014 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 08:15PM
Credit:	Michael M
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

MediaWiki 'mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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 can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

MediaWiki prior to 1.19.18, 1.22.9 and 1.23.2 are vulnerable.

MediaWiki 'mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to open a malicious URI.

MediaWiki 'mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

• Mandriva mediawiki-1.23.2-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/


• Mandriva mediawiki-mysql-1.23.2-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/


• Mandriva mediawiki-pgsql-1.23.2-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/


• Mandriva mediawiki-sqlite-1.23.2-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
  http://www.mandriva.com/en/downloads/

MediaWiki 'mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• XSS in mediawiki.page.image.pagination.js (MediaWiki)
  
• [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.19.18, 1.22. (Markus Glaser)
  
• Bug 13833 - mediawiki new security issues fixed upstream in 1.23.2 (David Walser)
  
• MediaWiki Homepage (MediaWiki)
  
• Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities (mageia)