CVE-2011-1580

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki: through 1.16.2; 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4 (+128)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15
http://secunia.com/advisories/44142
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151

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