Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802910
Category:	Web application abuses
Title:	MediaWiki < 1.17.5, 1.18.x < 1.18.4, 1.19.x < 1.19.1 'uselang' Parameter XSS Vulnerability - Active Check
Summary:	MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS); vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: MediaWiki is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: Input passed via the 'uselang' parameter to 'index.php/Main_page' is not properly sanitised in the 'outputPage()' function, before being returned to the user. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site. Affected Software/OS: MediaWiki versions prior to 1.17.5, 1.8.x prior to 1.18.4 and 1.19.x prior to 1.19.1. Solution: Update to version 1.17.5, 1.18.4, 1.19.1 or later. CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-2698 1027179 http://securitytracker.com/id?1027179 49484 http://secunia.com/advisories/49484 82983 http://www.osvdb.org/82983 [MediaWiki-announce] 20120613 MediaWiki security release 1.17.5 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000116.html [MediaWiki-announce] 20120613 MediaWiki security release 1.18.4 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000117.html [MediaWiki-announce] 20120613 MediaWiki security release 1.19.1 http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-June/000118.html [oss-security] 20120613 Re: CVE request: XSS in uselang http parameter (mediawiki) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/14/2 https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36938 https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/7979/1/includes/SkinTemplate.php https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.18 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19 mediawiki-index-uselang-xss(76311) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76311
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

This is only one of 146377 vulnerability tests in our test suite. Find out more about running a complete security audit. To run a free test of this vulnerability against your system, register below.