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MediaWiki Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory:	SA28629	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2008-01-24
Last Update:	2008-02-04
Popularity:	3,613 views

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Cross Site Scripting
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	MediaWiki 1.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2008-0460

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in MediaWiki, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. Input passed via unspecified parameters to api.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. The vulnerability affects users of Microsoft Internet Explorer only. Successful exploitation requires that the API interface is enabled. The vulnerability is reported in the following versions: * 1.11 <= 1.11.0rc1 * 1.10 <= 1.10.2 * 1.9 <= 1.9.4 * 1.8 any version (if $wgEnableAPI has been switched on) NOTE: MediaWiki 1.7 is reportedly not affected, but the BotQuery extension is similarly vulnerable unless updated to the latest SVN version. Solution: Update to version 1.11.1, 1.10.3, or 1.9.5. 1.11.1: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.11/mediawiki-1.11.1.tar.gz http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.11/mediawiki-1.11.1.patch 1.10.3: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.10/mediawiki-1.10.3.tar.gz http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.10/mediawiki-1.10.3.patch 1.9.5: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.9/mediawiki-1.9.5.tar.gz http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.9/mediawiki-1.9.5.patch Provided and/or discovered by: Reported by the vendor. Changelog: 2008-02-04: Added CVE reference. Original Advisory: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-January/000068.html

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