Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2020-9382 (CCN-176789)

Assigned:2020-02-21
Published:2020-02-21
Updated:2021-07-21
Summary:An issue was discovered in the Widgets extension through 1.4.0 for MediaWiki. Improper title sanitization allowed for the execution of any wiki page as a widget (as defined by this extension) via MediaWiki's {{#widget:}} parser function.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.4 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
4.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.5 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-732
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2020-9382

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-cve20209382-code-exec(176789)

Source: MISC
Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/q/I953e060bc6994ffdba9f380c98173f53f8ca1ea8

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Mailing List, Thu Apr 6 20:49:19 UTC 2017
[MediaWiki-announce] Security Release: 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16

Source: CCN
Type: Phabricator Web page
Invoking any namespaced page with {{#widget:}} will run the page's contents as a widget; even if the page is not in Widget namespace (CVE-2020-9382)

Source: MISC
Type: Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T245850

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Web site
MediaWiki

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2020-9382

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:widgets_project:widgets:*:*:*:*:*:mediawiki:*:* (Version <= 1.4.0)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    widgets_project widgets *
    mediawiki mediawiki 1.4.0