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MediaWiki JSON Callback Information Disclosure

Secunia Advisory: SA29216  
Release Date: 2008-03-03
Last Update: 2008-03-17

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:MediaWiki 1.x

CVE reference:CVE-2008-1318 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in MediaWiki, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the processing of JSON callbacks, which can be exploited to disclose sensitive information by sending a specially crafted request to the API.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.11.2. Versions before 1.11 are not affected.

Solution:
Update to version 1.11.2.
http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.11/mediawiki-1.11.2.tar.gz
http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.11/mediawiki-1.11.2.patch

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2008-03-17: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2008-March/000070.html



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