[ GLSA 200507-18 ] MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability (GLSA 200507-18)
Severity: low
Exploitable: remote
Date: July 20, 2005
Updated: August 11, 2005
Bug(s): #99132
ID: 200507-18

Synopsis

MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow arbitrary JavaScript code execution.

Background

MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects like Wikipedia.

Affected Packages

Package: www-apps/mediawiki
Vulnerable: < 1.4.6
Unaffected: >= 1.4.6
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description

MediaWiki fails to escape a parameter in the page move template correctly.

Impact

By enticing a user to visit a specially crafted URL, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript code that will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of the vulnerable site.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest available version: