What is CVE-2013-6455?

CVE-2013-6455 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-01-28.

How severe is CVE-2013-6455?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Mediawiki

CVE-2013-6455

The CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allows remote attackers to obtain usernames via vectors related to writing the names to the DOM of a page.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Mediawiki
Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki — versions 1.22.x before 1.22.1, before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-6455?: CVE-2013-6455 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-01-28.
How severe is CVE-2013-6455?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.