CVE-2010-2787

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api.php in MediaWiki before 1.15.5 does not prevent use of public caching headers for private data, which allows remote

api.php in MediaWiki before 1.15.5 does not prevent use of public caching headers for private data, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information by retrieving documents from an HTTP proxy cache that has been used by a victim.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00551

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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Affected Products & Versions

mediawiki<= 1.15.4

mediawikiall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

4.3

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published to NVD27 Apr 2011 · 12:55 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.htmlPatch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-July/000092.htmlPatchVendor Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/29/4Patch

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http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69776Patch

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42019Patch

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620224Patch

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226Patch

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565

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