includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data after verification of an auth token fails, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by creating crafted wikiUserID and wikiUserName cookies, or by leveraging an unattended workstation.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1765 includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data after verification of an auth token fails, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by creating crafted wikiUserID and wikiUserName cookies, or by leveraging an unattended workstation.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.728Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1766

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-05-23T22:55:01.367

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1766

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