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MediaWiki Encoded Links Script Insertion Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA19508
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Release Date:
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2006-04-03
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Popularity:
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8,382 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | MediaWiki 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1498
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in MediaWiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct script insertion attacks.
Input passed in encoded links is not properly sanitised before being displayed. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when the malicious data is viewed.
Solution:
Update to version 1.5.8 or 1.4.15.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://mail.wikipedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2006-March/000040.html
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