CVE-2011-4361

Description

MediaWiki before 1.17.1 does not check for read permission before handling action=ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) leveraging the SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning function, or by (2) leveraging an extension, as demonstrated by the CategoryTree, ExtTab, and InlineEditor extensions.

Affected packages (1)

• Debian/mediawikifrom 0, < 1:1.15.5-4

References (1)

• ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4361