PT-2023-8923 · Mediawiki+2 · Mediawiki+2

Daimona · Published 2023-06-25 · Updated 2024-08-20 · CVE-2023-36675

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.35.11 MediaWiki versions 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.7 MediaWiki versions 1.39.x before 1.39.4 MediaWiki versions 1.40.x before 1.40.1

Description The issue is related to a possibility of using XSS in the partial blocks feature of MediaWiki. This could allow a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks. The vulnerability is located in the BlockLogFormatter.php file within the BlockLogFormatter.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.35.11, update to version 1.35.11 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.36.x through 1.38.x before 1.38.7, update to version 1.38.7 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.39.x before 1.39.4, update to version 1.39.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.40.x before 1.40.1, update to version 1.40.1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the partial blocks feature until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-4877

ALT-PU-2024-11168

ALT-PU-2024-1228

BDU:2024-02628

BIT-MEDIAWIKI-2023-36675

CVE-2023-36675

DSA-5447-1

MGASA-2023-0241

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

Red Os

References · 128

• 🔥 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332889 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mediawiki · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-45360 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22911 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-22910 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-45373 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29197 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02749 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-02628 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-37301 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0241 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-29140 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-36675 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2024-1228 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-39193 · Security Note