According to its self-reported version number, the instance of MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the includes/upload/UploadBase.php script due to improper validation of user-supplied input during the uploading of an SVG namespace. This allows a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary script code in a userâs browser session within the trust relationship between the browser and server.
(CVE-2014-2242)
A flaw exists in the includes/User.php script in the theloadFromSession() function where the validation of user tokens is terminated upon encountering the first incorrect character. This allows a remote attacker to gain access to session tokens using a brute force timing attack. (CVE-2014-2243)
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php script in the formatHTML() function due to improper validation of user-supplied input when handling links appended to api.php. This allows a context-dependent attacker to create a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary code in a userâs browser session within the trust relationship between the browser and server.
(CVE-2014-2244)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the applicationâs self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(72878);
script_version("1.11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/04/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2242", "CVE-2014-2243", "CVE-2014-2244");
script_bugtraq_id(65883, 65906, 65910);
script_name(english:"MediaWiki < 1.19.12 / 1.21.6 / 1.22.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
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 self-reported version number, the instance of
MediaWiki running on the remote host is affected by the following
vulnerabilities :
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the
includes/upload/UploadBase.php script due to improper
validation of user-supplied input during the uploading
of an SVG namespace. This allows a remote attacker to
create a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary
script code in a user's browser session within the trust
relationship between the browser and server.
(CVE-2014-2242)
- A flaw exists in the includes/User.php script in the
theloadFromSession() function where the validation of
user tokens is terminated upon encountering the first
incorrect character. This allows a remote attacker to
gain access to session tokens using a brute force timing
attack. (CVE-2014-2243)
- A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the
includes/api/ApiFormatBase.php script in the
formatHTML() function due to improper validation of
user-supplied input when handling links appended to
api.php. This allows a context-dependent attacker to
create a specially crafted request to execute arbitrary
code in a user's browser session within the trust
relationship between the browser and server.
(CVE-2014-2244)
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/2014-February/000141.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?325d9a7e");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T62771");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63346");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63362");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.19.12 / 1.21.6 / 1.22.3 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/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_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:"2014/02/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/02/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/07");
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_set_attribute(attribute:"thorough_tests", value:"true");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"CGI abuses");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2022 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);
# Detecting for all previous versions.
if (
version =~ "^1\.19\.([0-9]|1[01])([^0-9]|$)" ||
version =~ "^1\.21\.[0-5]([^0-9]|$)" ||
version =~ "^1\.22\.[0-2]([^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 : 1.19.12 / 1.21.6 / 1.22.3' +
'\n';
security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
}
else security_warning(port);
}
else audit(AUDIT_WEB_APP_NOT_AFFECTED, app, install_url, version);
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2242
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2243
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2244
www.nessus.org/u?325d9a7e
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T62771
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63346
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T63362
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21
www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.22