CVE-2010-2787

api.php in MediaWiki before 1.15.5 does not prevent use of public caching headers for private data, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and obtain sensitive information by retrieving documents from an HTTP proxy cache that has been used by a victim.

• CWE-200

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.htmlPatch
• 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/2010-July/000092.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/29/4Patch
• http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69776Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42019Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620224Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226Patch
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058588.htmlPatch
• 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/2010-July/000092.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/07/29/4Patch
• http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69776Patch
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/42019Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620224Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226Patch
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565

Published

Apr 27, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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