CVE-2011-4361 (GCVE-0-2011-4361)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-01-08 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.17.1 does not check for read permission before handling action=ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) leveraging the SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning function, or by (2) leveraging an extension, as demonstrated by the CategoryTree, ExtTab, and InlineEditor extensions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32616 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/12 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Date Public
2011-11-28 00:00
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