MediaWiki Cross-site Scripting (XSS) and Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerabilities

Summary
This host is running MediaWiki and is prone to Cross-site Scripting and Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerabilities.
Impact
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML and to hijack the authentication of users. Impact Level: Application.
Solution
Upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.15.4 or 1.16 beta 3 or later For updates refer to http://dumps.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/
Insight
- A flaw is present while processing crafted Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) strings, which are processed as scripts - An error is present in the 'Special:Userlogin' form, which allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that create accounts or reset passwords.
Affected
MediaWiki version 1.15 before 1.15.4 and 1.16 before 1.16 beta 3
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