Security readout for executives and security teams
This is an authenticated cross-site scripting flaw in older MediaWiki releases. A logged-in user could inject script or HTML through a wikitext message handled by thumb.php. For businesses, the main concern is compromise of wiki users’ browser sessions and trust in internal or public wiki content. Exposure is most likely on self-hosted MediaWiki deployments still running the affected pre-December 2014 release lines, especially public or broadly editable wikis. Managed or distribution-packaged deployments depend on whether vendor security updates were applied. Prioritize remediation for internet-facing, partner-facing, or broadly editable MediaWiki sites. Internal wikis with limited trusted users are lower urgency, but should still be upgraded because the affected versions are obsolete and likely carry other security debt. Mitigation focus: Upgrade MediaWiki to 1.19.23, 1.22.15, 1.23.8, 1.24.1, or later.; Apply Debian DSA-3110 packages if using Debian-maintained MediaWiki.; Apply relevant distribution vendor advisories if using packaged MediaWiki builds..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20141217 MediaWiki Security and Maintenance Releases: 1.24.1, 1.23.8, 1.22.15 and 1.19.23CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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