Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.31.2-1
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- published9 Jun 2019
- disclosed10 Jul 2019
Introduced: 9 Jun 2019
CVE-2019-12471 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 mediawiki to version 1:1.31.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
Wikimedia MediaWiki 1.30.0 through 1.32.1 has XSS. Loading user JavaScript from a non-existent account allows anyone to create the account, and perform XSS on users loading that script. Fixed in 1.32.2, 1.31.2, 1.30.2 and 1.27.6.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12471
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/12
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2019-June/092152.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4460
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T207603
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-12471