CVE-2016-6337
HIGHMediaWiki 1.27.x - Improper Access Control via UserGetRights Function
Title source: llmDescription
MediaWiki 1.27.x before 1.27.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended session access restrictions by leveraging a call to the UserGetRights function after Session::getAllowedUserRights.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139670
Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0034
EPSS Percentile
56.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-284
Status
published
Products (1)
mediawiki/mediawiki
1.27.0
Published
Apr 20, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026