Check Point Reference: | CPAI-2017-0586 |
Date Published: | 25 Jul 2017 |
Severity: | High |
Last Updated: | Sunday 24 September, 2017 |
Source: | Rapid7 |
Industry Reference: | CVE-2017-0372 |
Protection Provided by: |
Security Gateway |
Who is Vulnerable? | MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight 1.27 MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight 1.28 |
Vulnerability Description | A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in MediaWiki. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user data. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted HTTP request to the target, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. |
This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.
In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.
This protection's log will contain the following information:
Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: MediaWiki SyntaxHighlight Option Injection