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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…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.6%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 23% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- FEDORA-2011-5495 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620226 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-5807 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20100729 Re: CVE request: mediawiki (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki?view=revision&revision=69776 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-5848 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [mediawiki-announce] 20100728 MediaWiki security release: 1.16.0 and 1.15.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 42019 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-5812 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=620224 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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