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CVE-2013-4572

HIGH

7.5

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published2/6/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

fedoraproject:fedoramediawiki:mediawiki

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-384

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html(secalert@redhat.com)

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032(secalert@redhat.com)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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