CVE-2014-1610
Description
MediaWiki 1.22.x before 1.22.2, 1.21.x before 1.21.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.11, when DjVu or PDF file upload support is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the page parameter to includes/media/DjVu.php; (2) the w parameter (aka width field) to thumb.php, which is not properly handled by includes/media/PdfHandler_body.php; and possibly unspecified vectors in (3) includes/media/Bitmap.php and (4) includes/media/ImageHandler.php.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
MediaWiki - 'Thumb.php' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit)
MediaWiki 1.22.1 PdfHandler - Remote Code Execution
Metasploit modules
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.0 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.1 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.2 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.3 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.4 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.5 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.6 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.7 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.8 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.9 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.10 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.21.1 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.21.2 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.21.3 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.21.4 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.22.0 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.22.1 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127942.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127948.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2014-January/000140.html
- http://osvdb.org/102630
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56695
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57472
- http://www.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2014/cpai-26-jan.html
- http://www.checkpoint.com/threatcloud-central/articles/2014-01-28-tc-researchers-discover.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2891
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31329/
- http://www.osvdb.org/102631
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65223
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029707
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=14361&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=14384&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60339
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110069/
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110069/2/includes/media/Bitmap.php
- https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/110215/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1610
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.