includes/User.php in MediaWiki before 1.16.5, when wgBlockDisablesLogin is enabled, does not clear certain cached data after verification of an auth token fails, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by creating crafted wikiUserID and wikiUserName cookies, or by leveraging an unattended workstation.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-05-23T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:37:25.728Z

Reserved: 2011-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1766

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-05-23T22:55:01.367

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:27:00.317

Link: CVE-2011-1766

cve-icon Redhat

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