PT-2017-5151 · Wikimedia · Mediawiki

Csteipp · Published 2017-10-19 · Updated 2017-10-31 · CVE-2012-4379

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MediaWiki versions prior to 1.18.5 MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.2

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element, due to the lack of a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header.

Recommendations: For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.18.5, update to version 1.18.5 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.2, update to version 1.19.2 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4379

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4379 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10 · Patch
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4379 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426 · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4379 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4379 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4379 · Note