Deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki Wikibase extension allows Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files.
This issue affects MediaWiki Wikibase extension: 1.46, 1.45, and 1.43.
Weakness
The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.
Potential Mitigations
- Make fields transient to protect them from deserialization.
- An attempt to serialize and then deserialize a class containing transient fields will result in NULLs where the transient data should be. This is an excellent way to prevent time, environment-based, or sensitive variables from being carried over and used improperly.