MediaWiki before 1.17.1 does not check for read permission before handling action=ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) leveraging the SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning function, or by (2) leveraging an extension, as demonstrated by the CategoryTree, ExtTab, and InlineEditor extensions.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000104.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/12 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/6 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32616 | Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2012-01-08T11:00:00
Updated: 2012-01-19T10:00:00
Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2011-4361
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2012-01-08T11:55:19.797
Modified: 2021-04-21T14:54:05.477
Link: CVE-2011-4361
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE