Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki before 1.5.8 and 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted encoded links.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mediawiki | 1.4.15-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1.4.15-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1.4.15-1 | — |
References
- ADV-2006-1194 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200604-01 vendor-advisory
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20060327 MediaWiki 1.5.8, 1.4.15 released [SECURITY] mailing-list
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki
- 19517 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:007 vendor-advisory
- 17269 vdb-entry
- mediawiki-unspecified-xss(25588) vdb-entry
- 19508 third-party-advisory
- 19504 third-party-advisory