VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.68%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.68%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.68% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613Issue Tracking
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139565Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139570Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613Issue Tracking
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139565Third Party Advisory
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139570Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.