CVE-2013-4301: Infoleak
First published: Sun Oct 27 2013(Updated: )
includes/resourceloader/ResourceLoaderContext.php in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a "<" (open angle bracket) character in the lang parameter to w/load.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.0 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.3 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.4 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.5 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.6 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.19.7 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20.1 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20.2 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20.3 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20.4 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20.5 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.20.6 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.21 | |
| MediaWiki MediaWiki | =1.21.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
- http://osvdb.org/96913
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
- http://secunia.com/advisories/54715
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46332
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86895
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21
- agent/type
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/first-publish-date
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/software-canonical-lookup-request
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/remedy
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/description
- agent/event
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/mediawiki
- canonical/mediawiki mediawiki
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.0
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.3
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.4
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.5
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.6
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.19.7
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20.1
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20.2
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20.3
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20.4
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20.5
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.20.6
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.21
- version/mediawiki mediawiki/1.21.1