Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the API pretty-printing mode in MediaWiki 1.8.0 through 1.8.4, 1.9.0 through 1.9.3, 1.10.0 through 1.10.1, and the 1.11 development versions before 1.11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
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 | 1.10.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1.10.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1.10.2-1 | — |
References
- 25632 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-3130 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2007-2189 vendor-advisory
- mediawiki-prettyprinting-xss(36558) vdb-entry
- 26772 third-party-advisory
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20070910 MediaWiki 1.11.0, 1.10.2, 1.9.4, 1.8.5 released mailing-list
- 26870 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=287881