CVE-2011-4361 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00239.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-2366-1	mediawiki security update
EUVD	EUVD-2011-4291	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-November/000104.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/12
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/29/6
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32616

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-01-08T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:18.393Z

Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4361

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-01-08T11:55:19.797

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

Link: CVE-2011-4361

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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