CVE-2011-4361

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

08/01/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

MediaWiki before 1.17.1 does not check for read permission before handling action=ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) leveraging the SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning function, or by (2) leveraging an extension, as demonstrated by the CategoryTree, ExtTab, and InlineEditor extensions.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.00

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::		1.17.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2011-4361

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools