SB2014011420 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119
Published: January 14, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6452)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6451)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MediaWiki 1.19.9 before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
3) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6454)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6453)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 does not properly sanitize SVG files, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via invalid XML.
5) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6472)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to obtain information about deleted page via the (1) log API, (2) enhanced RecentChanges, and (3) user watchlists.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.