PT-2020-7503 · Mediawiki+1 · Mediawiki Centralnotice Extension+1

Mark Bergsma + 1 · Published 2013-12-12 · Updated 2020-02-10 · CVE-2013-4572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MediaWiki CentralNotice extension versions 1.19.x through 1.19.8 MediaWiki CentralNotice extension versions 1.20.x through 1.20.7 MediaWiki CentralNotice extension versions 1.21.x through 1.21.2

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to authenticate as a created user due to the Cache-Control header setting to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated.

Recommendations: For versions 1.19.x through 1.19.8, update to version 1.19.9 or later. For versions 1.20.x through 1.20.7, update to version 1.20.8 or later. For versions 1.21.x through 1.21.2, update to version 1.21.3 or later.

Fix

Session Fixation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-384

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1172

CVE-2013-4572

DSA-2891-1

MGASA-2013-0368

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Mediawiki Centralnotice Extension

References · 16

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0368 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4572 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032 · Patch
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4572 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0368.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4572 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11854 · Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/835 · Telegram Post