CVE-2016-6337

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

MediaWiki 1.27.x before 1.27.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended session access restrictions by leveraging a call to the UserGetRights function after Session::getAllowedUserRights.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139670Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139670Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 20, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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