CVE-2012-5394

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that login via vectors involving image loading.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.12%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40747
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html mailing list
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-5394?
CVE-2012-5394 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-5394?
To fix CVE-2012-5394, 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-2012-5394 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2012-5394 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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