High severity · published Apr 20, 2017
CVE-2016-6337
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…
7.5
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 69% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.27.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6337
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6337
Mailing List
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.html
Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139670
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