CVE-2011-1766
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 23, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Apr 19, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- FEDORA-2011-6774vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702512
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28639
- 44684third-party-advisory
- 47722vdb-entry
- [mediawiki-announce] 20110505 MediaWiki security release 1.16.5mailing-list
- FEDORA-2011-6781vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-6775vendor-advisory
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