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HistoryFeb 03, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

MediaWiki CSS Comments Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

2011-02-0300:00:00
Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG
plugins.openvas.org
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4.3 Medium

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

5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

72.4%

MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting 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("2024-03-01T14:37:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Fri, 01 Mar 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"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_cve_id("CVE-2011-0047");
  script_name("MediaWiki CSS Comments Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("secpod_mediawiki_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mediawiki/installed");

  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:"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 1.16.2 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:"1.16.2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.16.2" );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

4.3 Medium

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

5.6 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

72.4%