MediaWiki 'profileinfo.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100732");
  script_version("2024-03-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Fri, 01 Mar 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-08-02 14:28:14 +0200 (Mon, 02 Aug 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2788");
  script_name("MediaWiki 'profileinfo.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("secpod_mediawiki_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mediawiki/installed");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42024");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-July/000092.html");

  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:"Versions prior to MediaWiki 1.15.5 and 1.16.0 are vulnerable.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.");

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

  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:"1.15.5" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.15.5 or 1.16.0" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );