PT-2017-8962

CVE-2016-6332

Published

2016-09-16

Updated

2017-08-22

Description by

CVSS 3.1

7.5

High

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15 MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4 MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1

Description The issue might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure to terminate sessions when a user account is blocked, specifically when the $wgBlockDisablesLogin variable is set to true.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.23.15, update to version 1.23.15 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.26.x prior to 1.26.4, update to version 1.26.4 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.27.x prior to 1.27.1, update to version 1.27.1 or later.

Exploitability

Exploit

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Related identifiers

CVE-2016-6332

ALT-PU-2017-2095