CVE-2011-4361

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None

Description

MediaWiki before 1.17.1 does not check for read permission before handling action=ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) leveraging the SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning function, or by (2) leveraging an extension, as demonstrated by the CategoryTree, ExtTab, and InlineEditor extensions.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2011-4361

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2012-01-08T11:55:19

Last Modified Date
2021-04-21T14:54:05

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-276	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/276.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::	1	OR	1.17.1
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32616	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000104.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/12	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366	Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4361
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4361

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:15:00				Added to TrackCVE