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HistorySep 18, 2013 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian Security Advisory DSA 2596-1 (mediawiki-extensions - cross-site scripting)

2013-09-1800:00:00
Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.0%

Thorsten Glaser discovered that the RSSReader extension for MediaWiki, a
website engine for collaborative work, does not properly escape tags in
feeds. This could allow a malicious feed to inject JavaScript into the
MediaWiki pages.

# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: deb_2596_1.nasl 8972 2018-02-28 07:02:10Z cfischer $
# Auto-generated from advisory DSA 2596-1 using nvtgen 1.0
# Script version: 1.0
#
# Author:
# Greenbone Networks
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (c) the respective author(s)
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
#

include("revisions-lib.inc");

tag_affected  = "mediawiki-extensions on Debian Linux";
tag_insight   = "This metapackage provides all the extensions for mediawiki
available in Debian.";
tag_solution  = "For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3squeeze2.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.11.

We recommend that you upgrade your mediawiki-extensions packages.";
tag_summary   = "Thorsten Glaser discovered that the RSSReader extension for MediaWiki, a
website engine for collaborative work, does not properly escape tags in
feeds. This could allow a malicious feed to inject JavaScript into the
MediaWiki pages.";
tag_vuldetect = "This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.";

if(description)
{
    script_id(892596);
    script_version("$Revision: 8972 $");
    script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6453");
    script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 2596-1 (mediawiki-extensions - cross-site scripting)");
    script_tag(name: "last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-02-28 08:02:10 +0100 (Wed, 28 Feb 2018) $");
    script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-09-18 11:53:02 +0200 (Wed, 18 Sep 2013)");
    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_xref(name: "URL", value: "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2596.html");


    script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

    script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2013 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
    script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
    script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
    script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
    script_tag(name: "affected",  value: tag_affected);
    script_tag(name: "insight",   value: tag_insight);
#    script_tag(name: "impact",    value: tag_impact);
    script_tag(name: "solution",  value: tag_solution);
    script_tag(name: "summary",   value: tag_summary);
    script_tag(name: "vuldetect", value: tag_vuldetect);
    script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
    script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

    exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-base", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-collection", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-confirmedit", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-fckeditor", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-geshi", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-graphviz", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-ldapauth", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mediawiki-extensions-openid", ver:"2.3squeeze2", rls:"DEB6.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

if (report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
    exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
}

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

46.0%