GHSA-hw3m-8j5x-94ff
Semantic MediaWiki has an open redirect in Special:URIResolver
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | mediawiki/semantic-media-wiki | < 7.2.0 | 7.2.0 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
#### Failure mode
`Special:URIResolver` resolves its user-controlled subpage to a MediaWiki title and issues an HTTP 303 redirect to `$title->getFullURL()` without validating the resolved target. A crafted subpage can make that target point off-host: an interwiki prefix redirects to the foreign wiki (for example `Special:URIResolver/mw-3AFoo`, which decodes to `mw:Foo`, redirects to `https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Foo`), and where the resolved URL carries an authority the target can even embed `user:pass@host` credentials. The result is an open redirect to an attacker-influenced host, usable for phishing from a trusted wiki URL.
#### Remediation
- The resolved target URL is parsed and compared against the current host at the redirect sink.
- The redirect is rejected (bad-title error page) when a user or pass component is present, or when the host does not match the current host.
#### Maintenance note
Redirect code must validate the final target URL, not just the input path. Host comparison belongs at the redirect sink: each sink (special page, entry point) must validate its own target rather than relying on upstream normalisation.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.