CVE-2010-2787 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2010-2787?

CVE-2010-2787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 27 Apr 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-2787?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2010-2787?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2010-2787 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-2787 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-28205 Business logic in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-28206 Missing authorization in n/a Critical 9.8

All Mediawiki Mediawiki vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2787, GHSA-4c6h-6j8p-jf37.