CVE-2012-1578

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Vendor Advisory wikimedia.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78911 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1 mailing list
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html vendor advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34212
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html mailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9 mailing list
http://osvdb.org/80361 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-1578?
CVE-2012-1578 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-1578?
To fix CVE-2012-1578, 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-2012-1578 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-1578 is being actively exploited. 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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