1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200507-18 / mediawiki |
| Release Date | July 20, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | August 11, 2005: 03 |
| Impact | low |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-apps/mediawiki | < 1.4.6 | >= 1.4.6 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #99132
MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow arbitrary JavaScript code execution.
MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects like Wikipedia.
MediaWiki fails to escape a parameter in the page move template correctly.
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.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest available version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.7" |