CVE-2011-1580
The transwiki import functionality in MediaWiki before 1.16.3 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to perform imports from any wgImportSources wiki via a crafted
02 Description
The transwiki import functionality in MediaWiki before 1.16.3 does not properly check privileges, which allows remote authenticated users to perform imports from any wgImportSources wiki via a crafted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-04-27 00:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 22:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-04-05
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6cc8427c863bfd73945786370cebd6e6efe3cc8a830a6688f878241b62f12595
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5495http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0978http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5807http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html
- www.securityfocus.com47354http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354
- secunia.com44142http://secunia.com/advisories/44142
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5848http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-1151http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151
- www.debian.orgDSA-2366http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360
- lists.wikimedia.org[mediawiki-announce] 20110412 MediaWiki security release 1.16.3http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commediawiki-transwiki-sec-bypass(66739)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66739
- bugzilla.wikimedia.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28449
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-1100http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-5812http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20110413 Re: CVE request: mediawiki 1.16.3http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.15.5-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.15.5-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.15.5-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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