CVE-2011-1766
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.
- EPSS
- 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 82% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-287
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mediawiki:mediawiki
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060435.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060496.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/060507.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-May/000098.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44684