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MediaWiki: Improper Access Control (CVE-2016-6337)

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MediaWiki: Improper Access Control (CVE-2016-6337)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/20/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/24/2017
Modified
10/23/2019

Description

MediaWiki 1.27.x before 1.27.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended session access restrictions by leveraging a call to the UserGetRights function after Session::getAllowedUserRights.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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