Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) languages/Language.php and (2) includes/StubObject.php in MediaWiki 1.8.0 and other versions before 1.16.2, when running on Windows and possibly Novell Netware, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files via vectors related to a crafted language file and the Language::factory function.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0273 | vdb entry vendor advisory |
| http://osvdb.org/70799 | vdb entry |
| https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27094 | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/03/3 | mailing list |
| http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.16/mediawiki-1.16.2.patch.gz | patch |
| http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-February/000095.html | mailing list patch |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/01/4 | mailing list |
| http://osvdb.org/70798 | vdb entry |