SB2017050218 - Fedora 25 update for mediawiki

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SB2017050218 - Fedora 25 update for mediawiki

Published: May 2, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2017050218
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0372)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi extension. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted page with XSS exploit, trick the victim to visit it and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References