CVE-2016-6331

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
ApiParse in MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended per-title read restrictions via a parse action to api.php.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6331
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-04-20T17:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-04-24T20:26:39
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.23.14
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T115333 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613 Issue Tracking
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6331
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6331
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:44:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 16:03:03 2017-04-20T17:59Z 2017-04-20T17:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 16:03:03 2017-04-24T20:26:39 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 16:03:03 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated