Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the AJAX features in index.php in MediaWiki 1.9.x before 1.9.0rc2, and 1.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the rs parameter. NOTE: this issue might be a duplicate of CVE-2007-0177.
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
- 2274 third-party-advisory
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_9_0/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
- mediawiki-index-xss(32586) vdb-entry
- 37343 vdb-entry