CVE-2010-1150

Public Exploit

Description

MediaWiki before 1.15.3, and 1.6.x before 1.16.0beta2, does not properly handle a correctly authenticated but unintended login attempt, which makes it easier for remote authenticated users to conduct phishing attacks by arranging for a victim to login to the attacker's account and then execute a crafted user script, related to a "login CSRF" issue.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.41%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1055 vdb entry
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_16_0beta2/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/tags/REL1_15_3/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES
http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.16/mediawiki-1.16.0beta2.patch.gz patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/08/4 mailing list
http://download.wikimedia.org/mediawiki/1.15/mediawiki-1.15.3.patch.gz patch
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23076 exploit
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2010-April/000090.html mailing list patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/07/1 mailing list
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=580418
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2041 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-1150?
CVE-2010-1150 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-1150?
To fix CVE-2010-1150, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-1150 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-1150 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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