7 Apr 2010 03:03
MediaWiki security update: 1.15.3 and 1.16.0beta2
Tim Starling <tstarling <at> wikimedia.org>
2010-04-07 01:03:09 GMT
2010-04-07 01:03:09 GMT
This is a security and bugfix release of MediaWiki 1.15.3 and MediaWiki 1.16.0beta2. MediaWiki was found to be vulnerable to login CSRF. An attacker who controls a user account on the target wiki can force the victim to log in as the attacker, via a script on an external website. If the wiki is configured to allow user scripts, say with "$wgAllowUserJs = true" in LocalSettings.php, then the attacker can proceed to mount a phishing-style attack against the victim to obtain their password. Even without user scripting, this attack is a potential nuisance, and so all public wikis should be upgraded if possible. Our fix includes a breaking change to the API login action. Any clients using it will need to be updated. We apologise for making such a disruptive change in a minor release, but we feel that security is paramount. For more details see https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23076 ********************************************************************** 1.15.3 ********************************************************************** Full release notes: http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_15_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES Download: http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.15/mediawiki-1.15.3.tar.gz(Continue reading)
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