Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php in MediaWiki 1.6.x through 1.9.2, when $wgUseAjax is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a UTF-7 encoded value of the rs parameter, which is processed by Internet Explorer.
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 | 1.7.1-9 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1.7.1-9 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1.7.1-9 | — |
References
- http://www.bugsec.com/articles.php?Security=24
- 20070220 MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting mailing-list
- 32078 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-0678 vdb-entry
- 2274 third-party-advisory
- mediawiki-index-xss(32586) vdb-entry
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- 20070221 [unsure] MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting mailing-list
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=487921&group_id=34373
- 24211 third-party-advisory