CVE-2016-6332 (GCVE-0-2016-6332)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-20 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1, when $wgBlockDisablesLogin is true, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure to terminate sessions when a user account is blocked.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-a… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T129738 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2016-08-23 00:00
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