PT-2012-3352 · Wikimedia · Mediawiki

Krenair · Published 2012-09-09 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-1578

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2 MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that block or unblock a user. This is achieved via requests to the Block module or the Unblock module.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2, update to version 1.17.3 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1, update to version 1.18.2 or later.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1578

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 11

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1578 · Security Note
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48504 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/80361 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52689 · Note
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34212 · Note
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78911 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1578 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9 · Note