Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU31327

Incorrect default permissions in MediaWiki - CVE-2017-0369

Published: April 13, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU31327

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-0369

CWE-ID: CWE-276

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.

Mediawiki before 1.28.1 / 1.27.2 / 1.23.16 contains a flaw, allowing a sysops to undelete pages, although the page is protected against it.

MediaWiki
Arch Linux
Fedora
mediawiki

Install update from vendor's website.

MediaWiki - update to 1.28.1
mediawiki - update to 1.27.2-1.fc25