MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight Extension CVE-2017-0372 HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:98545

Info

MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight Extension CVE-2017-0372 HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 98545
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2017-0372
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 29 2017 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 29 2017 12:00AM
Credit: Yorick Koster
Vulnerable: MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight 2.0
MediaWiki Mediawiki 1.28
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight Extension CVE-2017-0372 HTML Injection Vulnerability

SyntaxHighlight extension of MediaWiki is prone to a HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently 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 may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

The following products are affected:

MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight 2.0
MediaWiki 1.28.0

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