Index: img_auth.php =================================================================== --- img_auth.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ img_auth.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function wfForbidden() { header( 'HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden' ); + header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' ); print "

Access denied

Index: thumb.php =================================================================== --- thumb.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ thumb.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ } else { $badtitle = wfMsg( 'badtitle' ); $badtitletext = wfMsg( 'badtitletext' ); + header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' ); echo " $badtitle Index: includes/GlobalFunctions.php =================================================================== --- includes/GlobalFunctions.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/GlobalFunctions.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ header( "Status: $code $label" ); $wgOut->sendCacheControl(); - header( 'Content-type: text/html' ); + header( 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8' ); print "" . htmlspecialchars( $label ) . "

" . Index: includes/AjaxDispatcher.php =================================================================== --- includes/AjaxDispatcher.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/AjaxDispatcher.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ wfProfileIn( 'AjaxDispatcher::performAction' ); if (! in_array( $this->func_name, $wgAjaxExportList ) ) { + header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8', true ); echo "-:" . htmlspecialchars( (string)$this->func_name ) . " not callable"; } else { echo "+:"; Index: includes/EditPage.php =================================================================== --- includes/EditPage.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/EditPage.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -1701,7 +1701,7 @@ function livePreview() { global $wgOut; $wgOut->disable(); - header( 'Content-type: text/xml' ); + header( 'Content-type: text/xml; charset=utf-8' ); header( 'Cache-control: no-cache' ); # FIXME echo $this->getPreviewText( ); Index: includes/OutputPage.php =================================================================== --- includes/OutputPage.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/OutputPage.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ $this->sendCacheControl(); + header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8"); if( $wgDebugRedirects ) { $url = htmlspecialchars( $this->mRedirect ); print "\n\nRedirect\n\n\n"; Index: includes/StreamFile.php =================================================================== --- includes/StreamFile.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/StreamFile.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $stat = @stat( $fname ); if ( !$stat ) { header( 'HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found' ); + header( 'Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8' ); echo "

File not found

Although this PHP script ({$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']}) exists, the file requested for output Index: includes/DefaultSettings.php =================================================================== --- includes/DefaultSettings.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/DefaultSettings.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ $wgConf = new SiteConfiguration; /** MediaWiki version number */ -$wgVersion = '1.7.2'; +$wgVersion = '1.7.3'; /** Name of the site. It must be changed in LocalSettings.php */ $wgSitename = 'MediaWiki'; Index: includes/Metadata.php =================================================================== --- includes/Metadata.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ includes/Metadata.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ return false; } else { $wgOut->disable(); - header( "Content-type: {$rdftype}" ); + header( "Content-type: {$rdftype}; charset=utf-8" ); $wgOut->sendCacheControl(); return true; } Index: RELEASE-NOTES =================================================================== --- RELEASE-NOTES (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ RELEASE-NOTES (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -3,7 +3,39 @@ Security reminder: MediaWiki does not require PHP's register_globals setting since version 1.2.0. If you have it on, turn it *off* if you can. +== MediaWiki 1.7.3 == +February 20, 2007 + +This is a security and bug-fix update to the Summer 2006 quarterly release. + +An XSS injection vulnerability based on Microsoft Internet Explorer's UTF-7 +charset autodetection was located in the AJAX support module, affecting MSIE +users on MediaWiki 1.6.x and up when the optional setting $wgUseAjax is +enabled. + +If you are using an extension based on the optional Ajax module, +either disable it or upgrade to a version containing the fix: + +* 1.9: fixed in 1.9.3 +* 1.8: fixed in 1.8.4 +* 1.7: fixed in 1.7.3 +* 1.6: fixed in 1.6.10 + +There is no known danger in the default configuration, with $wgUseAjax off. + +* Add 'charset' to Content-Type headers on various HTTP error responses + to forestall additional UTF-7-autodetect XSS issues. PHP sends only + 'text/html' by default when the script didn't specify more details, + which some inconsiderate browsers consider a license to autodetect + the deadly, hard-to-escape UTF-7. + This fixes an issue with the Ajax interface error message on MSIE when + $wgUseAjax is enabled (not default configuration); this UTF-7 variant + on a previously fixed attack vector was discovered by Moshe BA from BugSec: + http://www.bugsec.com/articles.php?Security=24 +* Trackback responses now specify XML content type + + == MediaWiki 1.7.2 == January 9, 2007 Index: trackback.php =================================================================== --- trackback.php (.../REL1_7_2/phase3) (revision 20016) +++ trackback.php (.../REL1_7_3/phase3) (revision 20016) @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ * */ function XMLsuccess() { + header("Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8"); echo " @@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ function XMLerror($err = "Invalid request.") { header("HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request"); + header("Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8"); echo "