Wikimedia · Mediawiki · CVE-2011-1580
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
MediaWiki versions prior to 1.16.3
**Description**
The issue concerns the transwiki import functionality, which does not properly check privileges. This allows remote authenticated users to perform imports from any wgImportSources wiki via a crafted POST request.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 1.16.3, update to version 1.16.3 or later to resolve the issue.