PT-2017-8962 · Wikimedia+1 · Mediawiki+1

Multichill · Published 2016-09-16 · Updated 2017-08-22 · CVE-2016-6332

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 prior to 1.23.15 MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4 MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1

Description The issue might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure to terminate sessions when a user account is blocked, specifically when the $wgBlockDisablesLogin variable is set to true.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15, update to version 1.23.15 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4, update to version 1.26.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1, update to version 1.27.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2095

CVE-2016-6332

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
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0305 · Vendor Advisory
• 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