MediaWiki is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack that could allow arbitrary scripting code execution.
Package | www-apps/mediawiki on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 1.4.5 |
Unaffected versions | >= 1.4.5 revision >= 1.3.13 |
MediaWiki is a collaborative editing software, used by big projects like Wikipedia.
MediaWiki incorrectly handles page template inclusions, rendering it vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks.
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script code that will be executed in a user's browser session in the context of the vulnerable site.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All MediaWiki users should upgrade to the latest available versions:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose www-apps/mediawiki
Release date
June 13, 2005
Latest revision
June 13, 2005: 01
Severity
low
Exploitable
remote
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