VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-6332

high
Published 2017-04-20 · Modified 2026-05-13
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CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.5

Description

MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1, when $wgBlockDisablesLogin is true, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging failure to terminate sessions when a user account is blocked.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:1.27.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:1.27.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:1.27.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1:1.27.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:1.27.1-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
mediawikimediawiki{"endIncluding":"1.23.14"}
mediawikimediawiki1.26.0
mediawikimediawiki1.26.1
mediawikimediawiki1.26.2
mediawikimediawiki1.26.3
mediawikimediawiki1.26.4
mediawikimediawiki1.27.0

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.