CVE-2016-6335 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2016-6335

MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1...

Vulnerability Description

MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 does not generate head items in the context of a given title, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a parse action to api.php.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mediawiki
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.26.0, 1.26.1, 1.26.2, 1.26.3, 1.26.4, 1.27.0

Timeline

Official Publish: April 20th, 2017
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.