MediaWiki up to 1.4 improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.4 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 05/23/2011 by Masato Kinugawa as Bug 28639 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-1766 since 04/19/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 54608 (Fedora 14 : mediawiki-1.16.5-59.fc14 (2011-6774)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (54608), SecurityFocus (BID 47722†), Secunia (SA44684†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31537†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-57505.

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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 54608
Nessus Name: Fedora 14 : mediawiki-1.16.5-59.fc14 (2011-6774)
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OpenVAS ID: 863103
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2011-6774
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.5

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Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: Bug 28639
Researcher: Masato Kinugawa
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-1766 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 47722 - MediaWiki 1.16.4 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 44684 - Fedora update for mediawiki, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 31537 - MediaWiki before 1.16.5 on Internet Explorer 6 or earlier Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/07/2021 05:34 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (61), 03/23/2017 07:33 AM (13), 11/07/2021 05:34 PM (3)
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Cache ID: 18:1F8:40

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