vulnerability
MediaWiki: Session Fixation (CVE-2013-4572)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Feb 6, 2020 | Feb 12, 2020 | Apr 7, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 6, 2020
Added
Feb 12, 2020
Modified
Apr 7, 2026
Description
The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.
Solutions
mediawiki-upgrade-1_19_9mediawiki-upgrade-1_20_8mediawiki-upgrade-1_21_3
References
- CVE-2013-4572
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2013-4572
- CWE-384
- EUVD-EUVD-2013-4430
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2013-4430
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