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HistoryFeb 03, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

MediaWiki < 1.16.2 'CSS Comments' XSS Vulnerability

2011-02-0300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
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CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

5.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.3%

MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103058");
  script_version("2024-07-16T05:05:43+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0047");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-16 05:05:43 +0000 (Tue, 16 Jul 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-02-03 13:07:13 +0100 (Thu, 03 Feb 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_name("MediaWiki < 1.16.2 'CSS Comments' XSS Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_mediawiki_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mediawiki/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46108");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-February/000095.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27093");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
  because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script
  code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the
  attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MediaWiki versions prior to 1.16.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.16.2 or later.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( version_is_less( version:vers, test_version:"1.16.2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.16.2" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

CVSS2

4.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

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

AI Score

5.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.004

Percentile

72.3%