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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

Published Apr 27, 2011

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.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 27, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 5, 2011
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a