CVE-2016-6335

MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 does not generate head items in the context of a given title, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a parse action to api.php.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613	Issue Tracking
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139565	Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139570	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-04-20 17:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-6335

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6335

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6335

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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