Information Exposure Affecting mediawiki package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.25% (65th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-MEDIAWIKI-370484
  • published20 Apr 2017
  • disclosed20 Apr 2017

Introduced: 20 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-6332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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, when $wgBlockDisablesLogin is true, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure to terminate sessions when a user account is blocked.