CVE-2011-1766

Home/CVE/includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data a

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includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data a

includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data after verification of an auth token fails, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by creating crafted wikiUserID and wikiUserName cookies, or by leveraging an unattended workstation.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 0.00331

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

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Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication

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Affected Products & Versions

mediawiki<= 1.16.4

mediawikiall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

5.8

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:P/A:N

Published to NVD23 May 2011 · 10:55 PM

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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-May/060435.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060496.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060507.html

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.htmlPatch

http://secunia.com/advisories/44684

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47722

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702512Patch

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28639Patch

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