1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200604-01 / mediawiki |
| Release Date | April 04, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | April 04, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | low |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| www-apps/mediawiki | < 1.4.15 | >= 1.4.15 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #127971
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 decode certain encoded URLs correctly.
By supplying specially crafted links, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious HTML or 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 version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=www-apps/mediawiki-1.4.15" |