MediaWiki up to 1.23.15/1.27.1/1.28.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.15/1.27.1/1.28.0 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-0369. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki up to 1.23.15/1.27.1/1.28.0 (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains a flaw, allowing a sysops to undelete pages, although the page is protected against it.

The bug was discovered 04/06/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/13/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at lists.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-0369 since 11/29/2016. 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. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 99408 (Fedora 25 : mediawiki (2017-3fb95ed01f)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11791 (Mediawiki Multiple Vulnerabilities (MediaWiki Security Release: 1.28.1/1.27.2/1.23.16)).

Upgrading to version 1.23.16, 1.27.2 or 1.28.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (99408). The entries VDB-116154, VDB-116155, VDB-116156 and VDB-116157 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Content Management System

Name

• MediaWiki

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.23.0
• 1.23.1
• 1.23.2
• 1.23.3
• 1.23.4
• 1.23.5
• 1.23.6
• 1.23.7
• 1.23.8
• 1.23.9
• 1.23.10
• 1.23.11
• 1.23.12
• 1.23.13
• 1.23.14
• 1.23.15
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.27.0
• 1.27.1
• 1.28.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 99408
Nessus Name: Fedora 25 : mediawiki (2017-3fb95ed01f)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2017-3fb95ed01f
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.23.16/1.27.2/1.28.1

Timelineinfo

11/29/2016 🔍
04/15/2017 +137 days 🔍
04/17/2017 +2 days 🔍
04/06/2018 +354 days 🔍
04/13/2018 +6 days 🔍
04/13/2018 +0 days 🔍
04/16/2018 +3 days 🔍
02/27/2023 +1778 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: FEDORA-2017-3fb95ed01f
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-0369 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0369
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116162
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2018 09:25
Updated: 02/27/2023 16:23
Changes: 04/16/2018 09:25 (73), 01/24/2020 20:55 (1), 02/27/2023 16:23 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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