National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4361

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32616

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32616

External Source: MLIST

Name: [mediawiki-announce] 20111128 MediaWiki security release 1.17.1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000104.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2366

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20111129 CVE request: mediawiki before 1.17.1

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/6

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20111129 Re: CVE request: mediawiki before 1.17.1

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/12