CVE-2013-4572
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · CWE-384
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.htmlAdvisory