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.
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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References
History
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2011-05-23T22:00:00
Updated: 2011-06-16T09:00:00
Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2011-1766
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2011-05-23T22:55:01.367
Modified: 2011-06-16T02:56:16.823
Link: CVE-2011-1766
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE