CVE - CVE-2011-1580

CVE-ID
CVE-2011-1580	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The transwiki import functionality in MediaWiki before 1.16.3 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to perform imports from any wgImportSources wiki via a crafted POST request.
References
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BID:47354 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28449 DEBIAN:DSA-2366 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-5495 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-5807 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-5812 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2011-5848 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html MLIST:[mediawiki-announce] 20110412 MediaWiki security release 1.16.3 URL:http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20110413 Re: CVE request: mediawiki 1.16.3 URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15 SECUNIA:44142 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/44142 VUPEN:ADV-2011-0978 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978 VUPEN:ADV-2011-1100 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100 VUPEN:ADV-2011-1151 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151 XF:mediawiki-transwiki-sec-bypass(66739) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66739
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20110405	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 (20110405)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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