Vulnerability in MediaWiki
CVE-2011-4361
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.
EPSS: 0.026 (83.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Mediawiki
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 5.0, 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)