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MediaWiki: Improper Access Control (CVE-2016-6336)

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MediaWiki: Improper Access Control (CVE-2016-6336)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/24/2017
Modified
05/24/2022

Description

MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 allows remote authenticated users with undelete permissions to bypass intended suppressrevision and deleterevision restrictions and remove the revision deletion status of arbitrary file revisions by using Special:Undelete.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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