Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-6336
CVE-2016-6336
Description
MediaWiki before 1.23.15, 1.26.x before 1.26.4, and 1.27.x before 1.27.1 allows remote authenticated users with undelete permissions to bypass intended suppressrevision and deleterevision restrictions and remove the revision deletion status of arbitrary file revisions by using Special:Undelete.
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.23.14
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.26.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <1.23.15, <1.26.4, <1.27.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
- phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132926nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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