Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mediawiki package, versions <0:1.27.7-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-MEDIAWIKI-5262989
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed24 Sept 2018

Introduced: 24 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-0503  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 mediawiki to version 0:1.27.7-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:3238.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.