High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-6337

Description

MediaWiki 1.27.x before 1.27.1 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended session access restrictions by leveraging a call to the UserGetRights function after Session::getAllowedUserRights.

Affected products

MediaWiki/Mediawiki
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2016-August/000195.htmlnvdMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
phabricator.wikimedia.org/T139670nvdPatchThird Party Advisory

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