Improper Access Control Affecting mediawiki package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MEDIAWIKI-370110
  • published20 Apr 2017
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-6336  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:14.04 mediawiki.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.