Improper Access Control Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.27.1-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-MEDIAWIKI-525901
  • published20 Apr 2017
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-6337  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 mediawiki to version 1:1.27.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.