CVE - CVE-2011-1766

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1766	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data after verification of an auth token fails, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by creating crafted wikiUserID and wikiUserName cookies, or by leveraging an unattended workstation.
References
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MISC:44684 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44684 MISC:47722 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47722 MISC:FEDORA-2011-6774 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060496.html MISC:FEDORA-2011-6775 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060507.html MISC:FEDORA-2011-6781 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060435.html MISC:[mediawiki-announce] 20110505 MediaWiki security release 1.16.5 URL:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702512 URL:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=702512 MISC:https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28639 URL:https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28639
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110419	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20110419)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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