Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-006 - In MediaWiki before 1.23.8, thumb.php outputs wikitext message as raw HTML, which could lead to cross-site scripting. Permission to edit MediaWiki namespace is required to exploit this. In MediaWiki before 1.23.8, a malicious site can bypass CORS restrictions in in API calls if it only included an allowed domain as part of its name.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2015:006
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : mediawiki
Date : January 8, 2015
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:
Updated mediawiki packages fix security vulnerabilities:
In MediaWiki before 1.23.8, thumb.php outputs wikitext message as
raw HTML, which could lead to cross-site scripting. Permission to
edit MediaWiki namespace is required to exploit this.
In MediaWiki before 1.23.8, a malicious site can bypass CORS
restrictions in in API calls if it only included an allowed domain
as part of its name.
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References:
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0555.html
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
f34133bd5d6b6681cad6ea092ff4e5e3 mbs1/x86_64/mediawiki-1.23.8-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
daaa553ce22a7d4313731d1dd1f665ba mbs1/x86_64/mediawiki-mysql-1.23.8-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
df7326a251d4fe25046252cd0d8fc402 mbs1/x86_64/mediawiki-pgsql-1.23.8-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
50ca97e0caa681220a468d1437c9c8f1 mbs1/x86_64/mediawiki-sqlite-1.23.8-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
b0b8e20cabedcbdb040ab17969d64431 mbs1/SRPMS/mediawiki-1.23.8-1.mbs1.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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