PT-2015-4252 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Jackmcbarn · Published 2014-12-09 · Updated 2015-01-14 · CVE-2014-9507

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 1.21.x through 1.23.x before 1.23.7 MediaWiki version 1.22.x before 1.22.14

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by setting the content model for a revision to JS when the $wgContentHandlerUseDB variable is enabled.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.21.x, update to a version after 1.23.7 or apply the necessary configuration changes to disable the $wgContentHandlerUseDB variable. For MediaWiki version 1.22.x before 1.22.14, update to version 1.22.14 or later. For MediaWiki version 1.23.x before 1.23.7, update to version 1.23.7 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-2433

CVE-2014-9507

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 10

• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-November/000170.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9507 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-2433 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9507 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9277 · Security Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T72901 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9276 · Security Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2014-9507 · Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T73478 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9507 · Note