GLSA 200506-12: MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability

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Severity:	low
Title:	MediaWiki: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
Date:	06/13/2005
Bugs:	#95255
ID:	200506-12

Synopsis

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

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
www-apps/mediawiki	< 1.4.5	>= 1.4.5	All supported architectures

Description

MediaWiki incorrectly handles page template inclusions, rendering it vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script 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 versions:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose www-apps/mediawiki

References

MediaWiki 1.4.5 Release Notes

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-12.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.