Vulnerability in MediaWiki
CVE-2012-5391
Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session_id.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.023 (82.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki — versions 1.18, 1.18.0, 1.18.1
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83008 (vdb-entry)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100843.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100845.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098975.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi