SB2024050729 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki Extensions and Skins

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SB2024050729 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki Extensions and Skins

Published: May 7, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024050729
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 10
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

High 10% Medium 20% Low 70%
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 10 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34505)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to temporary account IP reveal does not check the deleted status in the CheckUser extension. A remote attacker can bypass implemented security restrictions and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.


2) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34501)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the CheckUser Client Hints REST API. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


3) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34503)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the ReportIncident REST API. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


4) Cross-site request forgery (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34504)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin in the IPInfo REST APIs. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


5) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25107)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the WikiDiscover extension on Special:WikiDiscover. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


6) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34500)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within interface message in UnlinkedWikibase extension. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


7) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34502)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists in the WikibaseLexeme extension due to Special:MergeLexemes makes edits on GET requests without edit tokens. A remote attacker can make an edit that merges the from-id to the to-id, even if the request was not a POST request, and even if it does not contain an edit token.


8) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29134)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in Cargo extension handling of quotes inside backticks. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.


9) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25109)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the extensions, settings, permissions and namespaces subpages of Special:ManageWiki. A remote user can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


10) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29883)

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the CreateWiki extension due to the Special:ManageWiki does not escape escape interface messages. A remote administrator can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References