PT-2012-4189 · Wikimedia · Mediawiki

Csteipp · Published 2012-06-29 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.17.5 MediaWiki versions 1.18.x prior to 1.18.4 MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.1

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the uselang parameter to "index.php/Main page".

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.17.5, update to version 1.17.5 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.18.x prior to 1.18.4, update to version 1.18.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.1, update to version 1.19.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2698

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 19

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37404 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.php · Exploit
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49484 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2698 · Security Note
• https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 · Note
• https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2698 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311 · Note
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html · Note
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179 · Note