MediaWiki Parsoid Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability


Description   (:A cross-site scripting vulnerability has been reported in the Parsoid service of MediaWiki.:A remote attacker could exploit it by enticing their victim into following a specially formed link in order to execute arbitrary JavaScript or HTML code.::This vulnerability is due to an improper handling of user-supplied input.::A proof of concept is available.)
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
MediaWiki (Wikimedia Foundation) - 1.10.0, 1.10.1, 1.10.2, 1.10.3, 1.10.4, ..., 1.9.2, 1.9.3, 1.9.4, 1.9.5, 1.9.6
     
Solution   A patch is available on the GIT repository of MediaWiki.
     
CVE  
     
References   - mediawiki : task T149504: Fix reflected XSS
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Parsoid/Deployments#Monday.2C_October_31.2C_2016_around_1:15_PT:_Y.C2.A0Deployed_e503e801
- MediaWiki-announce : Parsoid Security Update and Release
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-November/000200.html
- wikimedia : Security - Fix reflected XSS
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/319115
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL
3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL
3.2.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Low 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2016-10-31 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Remote