CVSS2
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
Confidence
High
EPSS
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 );