Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-4303 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Mediawiki

047910
CVSS 6.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
mediawiki
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-12-11
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

includes/libs/IEUrlExtension.php in the MediaWiki API in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 does not properly detect extensions when there are an even number of "." (period) characters in a string, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via the siprop parameter in a query action to wiki/api.php.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mediawiki
20

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-15984.NASL
    description - SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-09-21
    plugin id70028
    published2013-09-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70028
    titleFedora 19 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc19 (2013-15984)
    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 2013-15984.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(70028);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4301", "CVE-2013-4302", "CVE-2013-4303");
  script_bugtraq_id(62194, 62215, 62434);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-15984");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 19 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc19 (2013-15984)");
  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:
"  - SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .'s

    - SECURITY: Support for the 'gettoken' parameter to
      action=block and action=unblock, deprecated since
      1.20, has been removed.

    - SECURITY: Sanitize ResourceLoader exception messages

    - Purge upstream caches when deleting file assets.

    - Unit test suite now runs the AutoLoader tests. Also
      fixed the autoloading entry for the
      PageORMTableForTesting class though it had no impact.

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004538"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115924.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e0380acd"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected mediawiki package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/21");
  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:"^19([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 19.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:"FC19", reference:"mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc19")) 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 familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201310-21.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70677
    published2013-10-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70677
    titleGLSA-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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-15994.NASL
    description - SECURITY: Sanitize ResourceLoader exception messages - SECURITY: Token-getting functions will fail when using jsonp callbacks. - SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-09-21
    plugin id70029
    published2013-09-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70029
    titleFedora 18 : mediawiki-1.19.8-1.fc18 (2013-15994)
    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 2013-15994.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(70029);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4301", "CVE-2013-4302", "CVE-2013-4303");
  script_bugtraq_id(62194, 62215, 62434);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-15994");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 18 : mediawiki-1.19.8-1.fc18 (2013-15994)");
  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:
"  - SECURITY: Sanitize ResourceLoader exception messages

    - SECURITY: Token-getting functions will fail when using
      jsonp callbacks.

    - SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .'s

    - Allow a string other than '*' as condition for
      DatabaseBase::delete()

    - Purge upstream caches when deleting file assets.

    - jquery.tablesorter: Add missing dependency on
      jquery.mwExtension

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004538"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/115918.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0cabe5ca"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected mediawiki package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/21");
  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:"^18([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 18.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:"FC18", reference:"mediawiki-1.19.8-1.fc18")) 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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-15937.NASL
    description - SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-09-23
    plugin id70050
    published2013-09-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70050
    titleFedora 20 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc20 (2013-15937)
    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 2013-15937.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(70050);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-4301", "CVE-2013-4302", "CVE-2013-4303");
  script_bugtraq_id(62194, 62215, 62434);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-15937");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc20 (2013-15937)");
  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:
"  - SECURITY: Fix extension detection with 2 .'s

    - SECURITY: Support for the 'gettoken' parameter to
      action=block and action=unblock, deprecated since
      1.20, has been removed.

    - SECURITY: Sanitize ResourceLoader exception messages

    - Purge upstream caches when deleting file assets.

    - Unit test suite now runs the AutoLoader tests. Also
      fixed the autoloading entry for the
      PageORMTableForTesting class though it had no impact.

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004538"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-September/116382.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?36216a78"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected mediawiki package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/09/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/23");
  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:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.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:"FC20", reference:"mediawiki-1.21.2-1.fc20")) 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 familyCGI abuses
    NASL idMEDIAWIKI_1_19_8.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its version number, the instance of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The full installation path is disclosed in an error message when an invalid language is specified in the ResourceLoader. (CVE-2013-4301) - Multiple cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities exist in the API modules accessed through JSONP. (CVE-2013-4302) - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists because input submitted to the property name is not properly sanitized. (CVE-2013-4303) Additionally, the following extensions contain vulnerabilities but are not enabled or installed by default (unless otherwise noted) : - Authentication can be bypassed in the CentralAuth extension by manipulating the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70293
    published2013-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70293
    titleMediaWiki < 1.19.8 / 1.20.7 / 1.21.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(70293);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/28 22:47:41");

  script_cve_id(
    "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(
    62194,
    62201,
    62202,
    62203,
    62210,
    62215,
    62218,
    62434
  );

  script_name(english:"MediaWiki < 1.19.8 / 1.20.7 / 1.21.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of MediaWiki.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server contains an 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 the following vulnerabilities :

  - The full installation path is disclosed in an error
    message when an invalid language is specified in the
    ResourceLoader. (CVE-2013-4301)

  - Multiple cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities
    exist in the API modules accessed through JSONP.
    (CVE-2013-4302)

  - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists because
    input submitted to the property name is not properly
    sanitized. (CVE-2013-4303)

Additionally, the following extensions contain vulnerabilities but
are not enabled or installed by default (unless otherwise noted) :

  - Authentication can be bypassed in the CentralAuth
    extension by manipulating the 'centralauth_User' cookie.
    (CVE-2013-4304)

  - The SyntaxHighlight GeSHi extension is affected by a
    cross-site scripting vulnerability because user input is
    not properly sanitized when submitted to the
    'example.php' script. This extension is installed but
    not enabled by default on MediaWiki 1.21.x.
    (CVE-2013-4305)

  - The CheckUser extension is affected by a cross-site
    request forgery vulnerability because it does not
    properly validate HTTP requests. (CVE-2013-4306)

  - The Wikibase extension is affected by a cross-site
    scripting vulnerability because it does not properly
    escape the labels in the 'In other languages' section of 
    entity view. (CVE-2013-4307)

  - The LiquidThreads extensions is affected by a cross-site
    scripting vulnerability because it does not properly
    sanitize user input submitted to the LQT thread subject.
    (CVE-2013-4308)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied on the application's self-reported version number.");
  # https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4da081be");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19#MediaWiki_1.19.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20#MediaWiki_1.20.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21#MediaWiki_1.21.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.19.8 / 1.20.7 / 1.21.2 or later.");
  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_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:"2013/03/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/09/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/10/03");

  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) 2013-2018 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\.[0-7]([^0-9]|$)" ||
  version =~ "^1\.20\.[0-6]([^0-9]|$)" ||
  version =~ "^1\.21\.[0-1]([^0-9]|$)"
)
{
  set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSS', value:TRUE);
  set_kb_item(name:'www/'+port+'/XSRF', value:TRUE);

  if (report_verbosity > 0)
  {
    report =
      '\n  URL               : ' + install_url +
      '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
      '\n  Fixed versions    : 1.19.8 / 1.20.7 / 1.21.2' +
      '\n';
    security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
  }
  else security_hole(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, version);
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-235.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in mediawiki : Full path disclosure in MediaWiki before 1.20.7, when an invalid language is specified in ResourceLoader (CVE-2013-4301). Several API modules in MediaWiki before 1.20.7 allowed anti-CSRF tokens to be accessed via JSONP (CVE-2013-4302). An issue with the MediaWiki API in MediaWiki before 1.20.7 where an invalid property name could be used for XSS with older versions of Internet Explorer (CVE-2013-4303). Several unspecified security issues were fixed with the 1.20.6 version. This replaces the MediaWiki 1.16.5 version, which has been EOL upstream for quite some time now, that was shipped with MBS 1. MediaWiki removed the Math extension for the 1.18 release, but it is now available separately. It has been packaged in the mediawiki-math package. The mediawiki-graphviz and mediawiki-ldapauthentication packages have also been updated to work with the new MediaWiki packages. The updated packages provides a solution to these issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id69918
    published2013-09-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69918
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : mediawiki (MDVSA-2013:235)

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