Vulnerability in MediaWiki
CVE-2013-4572
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.021 (81.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 81.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- MediaWiki
- Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki — versions 1.20.x before 1.20.8, 1.21.x before 1.21.3, before 1.19.9
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 18, 19
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-4572?
- CVE-2013-4572 is a high-severity vulnerability in MediaWiki, classified under Session Fixation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-06.
- How severe is CVE-2013-4572?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.