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 POST request.

Remediation

References

CVE-2011-1580

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Severity

Low

Classification

CVE-2011-1580 CWE-20

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities