High severity · published Apr 20, 2017
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
through 1.23.14; 1.26.0; 1.26.1; 1.26.2; 1.26.3; 1.26.4; +1 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6335
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6335
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369613
Mailing List
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html
Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139565
Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139570
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