MediaWiki Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

  • 6 April 2014
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MediaWiki is prone to the following security vulnerabilities: 

1. Multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities 
2. Multiple information-disclosure vulnerabilities 
3. Multiple security-bypass vulnerabilities 
4. An HTML-injection vulnerability 
5. A denial-of-service vulnerability 
6. A buffer-overflow vulnerability 
7. A cross-site request forgery vulnerability 

An attacker can exploit these issues to perform unauthorized actions, bypass security restrictions, cause denial-of-service conditions, execute attacker-supplied HTML or JavaScript code in the context of the affected site, to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, execute arbitrary code, or gain access to sensitive information. 
Versions prior to MediaWiki 1.19.20, 1.21.4 and 1.22.1 are vulnerable.
Attackers can exploit this issue using a browser or readily available tools.
 
Solution: updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
 
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