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MediaWiki: Improper Access Control (CVE-2012-4379)

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MediaWiki: Improper Access Control (CVE-2012-4379)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/19/2017
Created
10/26/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
04/26/2021

Description

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element.

Solution(s)

  • mediawiki-upgrade-latest

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