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
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.01%
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
No data.
- ≤ 1.16.2
- 1.1.0
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.3
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.3.12
- 1.3.13
- 1.3.14
- 1.3.15
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.6.8
- 1.6.9
- 1.6.10
- 1.6.11
- 1.6.12
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
- 1.8.4
- 1.8.5
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.9.3
- 1.9.4
- 1.9.5
- 1.9.6
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.4
- 1.11
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.2
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.1
- 1.13.2
- 1.13.3
- 1.13.4
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.1
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.1
- 1.15.2
- 1.15.3
- 1.15.4
- 1.15.5
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.01% (0.02006) | 80.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.01% (0.02006) | 78.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.67% (0.00671) | 69.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 60.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 59.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.22% (0.00218) | 57.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 80.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 79.16th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.19% (0.02186) | 57.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058910.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059232.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/059235.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2011-April/000096.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/13/15 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44142 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2366 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47354 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0978 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1100 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1151 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=695577 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696360 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28449 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66739 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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