PT-2017-8961 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Tobias · Published 2016-09-16 · Updated 2017-08-22 · CVE-2016-6331

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.23.0 through 1.23.14 MediaWiki versions 1.26.0 through 1.26.3 MediaWiki versions 1.27.0 through 1.27.0

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended per-title read restrictions. This is achieved via a parse action to the "api.php" endpoint.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.23.0 through 1.23.14, update to version 1.23.15 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.26.0 through 1.26.3, update to version 1.26.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.27.0 through 1.27.0, update to version 1.27.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2095

CVE-2016-6331

MGASA-2016-0305

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki

References · 49

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/mediawiki_syntaxhighlight.rb · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6335 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8624 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0361 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0369 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6334 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0368 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0365 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6333 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02564 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12474 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6336 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6331 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0370 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8623 · Security Note