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MediaWiki: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (CVE-2019-19709)

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MediaWiki: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') (CVE-2019-19709)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/11/2019
Created
12/19/2019
Added
12/18/2019
Modified
01/02/2020

Description

MediaWiki through 1.33.1 allows attackers to bypass the Title_blacklist protection mechanism by starting with an arbitrary title, establishing a non-resolvable redirect for the associated page, and using redirect=1 in the action API when editing that page.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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