CVEs-PoC/2011/CVE-2011-4361.md

CVE-2011-4361

Description

MediaWiki before 1.17.1 does not check for read permission before handling action=ajax requests, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by (1) leveraging the SpecialUpload::ajaxGetExistsWarning function, or by (2) leveraging an extension, as demonstrated by the CategoryTree, ExtTab, and InlineEditor extensions.

POC

Reference

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758171

Github

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