PT-2013-4948 · Mediawiki · Syntaxhighlight Geshi Extension

Mateusz Goik · Published 2013-10-11 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2013-4305

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 SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension for MediaWiki versions prior to September 2013

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

Recommendations For versions prior to September 2013, update the SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension to a version released after September 2013.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-4305

Affected Products

Syntaxhighlight Geshi Extension

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49070 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4305 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553 · Patch
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/96909 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4305 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86890 · Note