PT-2011-1382 · Mediawiki · Mediawiki

Published 2011-04-27 · Updated 2011-09-07 · CVE-2010-2788

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.15.5

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This occurs via the filter parameter when wgEnableProfileInfo is enabled.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.15.5, update to version 1.15.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling wgEnableProfileInfo until a patch is available. Avoid using the filter parameter in the affected profileinfo.php file until the issue is resolved.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-2788

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 16

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/29/4 · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226 · Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-2788 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2788 · Security Note
• http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69984 · Patch
• http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69952 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2788 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2788 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620225 · Patch
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-July/000092.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/42024 · Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory