PT-2017-8963 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Bawolff · Published 2016-09-16 · Updated 2017-08-22 · CVE-2016-6333

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15 MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4 MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists in the CSS user subpage preview feature, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the edit box in Special:MyPage/common.css.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15, update to version 1.23.15 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4, update to version 1.26.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1, update to version 1.27.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2095

CVE-2016-6333

MGASA-2016-0305

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 50

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6335 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8624 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0361 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0369 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6333 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6334 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0368 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0365 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02564 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12474 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6336 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6331 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0370 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6333 · Vendor Advisory