Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-2032 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 does not allow extensions to prevent password changes without using both Special:PasswordReset and Special:ChangePassword, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of an extension that only implements one of these blocks.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Blue Boxing This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
- Restful Privilege Elevation Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
- Target Programs with Elevated Privileges This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.
Nessus
NASL family CGI abuses NASL id MEDIAWIKI_1_19_6.NASL description According to its version number, the instance of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists because the application fails to validate input passed via uploaded SVG files before returning it to the user. This allows a remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-2031) - A flaw exists that allows an attacker to bypass the password change blocking mechanism. (CVE-2013-2032) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66390 published 2013-05-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66390 title MediaWiki 1.19.x < 1.19.6 / 1.20.x < 1.20.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(66390); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/27"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2031", "CVE-2013-2032"); script_bugtraq_id(59594, 59595); script_name(english:"MediaWiki 1.19.x < 1.19.6 / 1.20.x < 1.20.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks version of MediaWiki."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to its version number, the instance of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by multiple security vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists because the application fails to validate input passed via uploaded SVG files before returning it to the user. This allows a remote attacker to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2013-2031) - A flaw exists that allows an attacker to bypass the password change blocking mechanism. (CVE-2013-2032) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number."); # https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.html script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f67370c9"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19#MediaWiki_1.19.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20#MediaWiki_1.20.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.19.6 / 1.20.5 or later."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2013-2032"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/04/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/04/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/05/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"CGI abuses"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("mediawiki_detect.nasl"); script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport", "installed_sw/MediaWiki", "www/PHP"); script_require_ports("Services/www", 80); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); include("http.inc"); include("install_func.inc"); app = "MediaWiki"; get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE); port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE); install = get_single_install( app_name : app, port : port, exit_if_unknown_ver : TRUE ); version = install['version']; install_url = build_url(qs:install['path'], port:port); if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID); if ( version =~ "^1\.19\.[0-5]([^0-9]|$)" || version =~ "^1\.20\.[0-4]([^0-9]|$)" ) { set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE); if (report_verbosity > 0) { report = '\n URL : ' + install_url + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed versions : 1.19.6 / 1.20.5' + '\n'; security_warning(port:port, extra:report); } else security_warning(port); } else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, version);
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201310-21.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-21 (MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, perform man-in-the-middle attacks, obtain sensitive information or perform cross-site scripting attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 70677 published 2013-10-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70677 title GLSA-201310-21 : MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201310-21. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(70677); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/22"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1816", "CVE-2013-1817", "CVE-2013-1818", "CVE-2013-1951", "CVE-2013-2031", "CVE-2013-2032", "CVE-2013-2114", "CVE-2013-4301", "CVE-2013-4302", "CVE-2013-4303", "CVE-2013-4304", "CVE-2013-4305", "CVE-2013-4306", "CVE-2013-4307", "CVE-2013-4308"); script_bugtraq_id(58304, 58305, 58306, 59077, 59594, 59595, 60077, 62194, 62201, 62202, 62203, 62210, 62215, 62218, 62434); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201310-21"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201310-21 : MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201310-21 (MediaWiki: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MediaWiki. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code, perform man-in-the-middle attacks, obtain sensitive information or perform cross-site scripting attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201310-21" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All MediaWiki 1.21.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/mediawiki-1.21.2' All MediaWiki 1.20.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/mediawiki-1.20.7' All MediaWiki 1.19.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/mediawiki-1.19.8'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mediawiki"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/09/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/10/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/10/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"www-apps/mediawiki", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.21.2", "rge 1.20.7", "rge 1.19.8"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.21.2"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "MediaWiki"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-7701.NASL description Changes since 1.19.5 - (bug 47304) SECURITY: Check SVG xml encoding against whitelist - (bug 46590) Added AbortChangePassword hook to allow extensions to abort password changes from Special:ChangePassword - Localisation updates from http://translatewiki.net. - mwdocgen.php: Implement --version option. - Remove svnstat stuff used in Doxygen generation - E_USER_DEPRECATED undefined prior to php 5.3 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-05-19 plugin id 66502 published 2013-05-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66502 title Fedora 17 : mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc17 (2013-7701) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2013-7701. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(66502); script_version("1.11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2013-2031", "CVE-2013-2032"); script_bugtraq_id(59594, 59595); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-7701"); script_name(english:"Fedora 17 : mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc17 (2013-7701)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Changes since 1.19.5 - (bug 47304) SECURITY: Check SVG xml encoding against whitelist - (bug 46590) Added AbortChangePassword hook to allow extensions to abort password changes from Special:ChangePassword - Localisation updates from http://translatewiki.net. - mwdocgen.php: Implement --version option. - Remove svnstat stuff used in Doxygen generation - E_USER_DEPRECATED undefined prior to php 5.3 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); # http://translatewiki.net. script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://translatewiki.net/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=958303" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0e5decb1" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mediawiki package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mediawiki"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/05/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/05/19"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^17([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 17.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC17", reference:"mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc17")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mediawiki"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-7654.NASL description Changes since 1.20.4 - (bug 46590) Add hook AbortChangePassword to Special:ChangePassword - (bug 47304) SECURITY: Check SVG xml encoding against whitelist - Localisation updates from http://translatewiki.net. - mwdocgen.php: Implement --version option. - Remove svnstat stuff used in Doxygen generation - (bug 43594) Correctly supress warnings that were missed after the upstream - PHP change to E_STRICT being included in E_ALL. - jshint: Allow global mw to be set in mediawiki.js Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-05-26 plugin id 66593 published 2013-05-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66593 title Fedora 19 : mediawiki-1.20.5-1.fc19 (2013-7654) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2013-7714.NASL description Changes since 1.19.5 - (bug 47304) SECURITY: Check SVG xml encoding against whitelist - (bug 46590) Added AbortChangePassword hook to allow extensions to abort password changes from Special:ChangePassword - Localisation updates from http://translatewiki.net. - mwdocgen.php: Implement --version option. - Remove svnstat stuff used in Doxygen generation - E_USER_DEPRECATED undefined prior to php 5.3 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2013-05-19 plugin id 66503 published 2013-05-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66503 title Fedora 18 : mediawiki-1.19.6-1.fc18 (2013-7714) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2891.NASL description The remote Debian host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki : - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists due to a failure to validate input before returning it to the user. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted SVG files, to execute arbitrary script code in the user last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-03-31 plugin id 73256 published 2014-03-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73256 title Debian DSA-2891-1 : mediawiki, mediawiki-extensions Multiple Vulnerabilities
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105825.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105825.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106293.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106293.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55433
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46590
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46590