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MediaWiki < 1.35.14, 1.36.x < 1.39.6, 1.40.x < 1.40.2 XSS Vulnerability - Linux

2023-12-2700:00:00
Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG
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mediawiki
xss
vulnerability
linux
cross-site scripting
greenbone ag
cve-2023-51704
remote_banner_unreliable
vendorfix
web application abuses

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.8%

MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124496");
  script_version("2024-01-22T05:07:31+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-22 05:07:31 +0000 (Mon, 22 Jan 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-12-27 07:28:12 +0000 (Wed, 27 Dec 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-12-29 19:01:00 +0000 (Fri, 29 Dec 2023)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-51704");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("MediaWiki < 1.35.14, 1.36.x < 1.39.6, 1.40.x < 1.40.2 XSS Vulnerability - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("secpod_mediawiki_detect.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mediawiki/installed", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Messages related to group memberships (group-*-member) within
  includes/logging/RightsLogFormatter.php are susceptible to cross-site scripting attacks due to
  inadequate escape handling.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"MediaWiki prior to version 1.35.14, version 1.36.x prior to
  1.39.6 and 1.40.x prior to 1.40.2.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.35.14, 1.39.6, 1.40.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-51704");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T347726");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_less(version:version, test_version:"1.35.14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"1.35.14", install_path:location);
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "1.36.0", test_version_up: "1.39.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: " 1.39.6", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "1.39.0", test_version_up: "1.40.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.40.2", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

20.8%