Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in MediaWiki 1.15 before 1.15.4 and 1.16 before 1.16 beta 3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) strings that are processed as script 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 | 1:1.15.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1:1.15.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1:1.15.4-1 | — |
References
- FEDORA-2010-10848 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23687
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20100528 MediaWiki security update: 1.15.4 and 1.16.0beta3 mailing-list
- FEDORA-2010-10779 vendor-advisory