Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an old MediaWiki cross-site scripting flaw. A remote attacker could inject web script or HTML through the Special:Block ip parameter in MediaWiki 1.14.0 or 1.15.0. The main business risk is compromise of wiki user trust, session exposure, or misleading actions shown in a victim’s browser. Exposure is limited to MediaWiki deployments running versions 1.14.0 or 1.15.0. Publicly reachable wiki instances have higher practical exposure, especially where Special:Block responses can be reached by users. The bundle’s affected-product metadata is incomplete, but the description explicitly names MediaWiki versions. Treat this as a targeted cleanup item for any legacy MediaWiki estate. It is not currently evidenced as actively exploited in the supplied sources, but affected versions are very old and should not remain exposed. Mitigation focus: Upgrade affected MediaWiki 1.14.0 or 1.15.0 deployments to vendor security update versions.; Review the July 2009 MediaWiki security update for the applicable fixed release path.; Restrict access to legacy MediaWiki instances until upgrade status is confirmed..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19693CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- mediawiki-specialblocks-xss(51687)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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