CVE-2013-4572
The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows
02 Description
The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-02-06 14:40Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-384Session FixationCompound
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 08fd4f1c37bfa6724d620c8e319c0a9a31ba9eaa8718e7d2058ba1b6421f6315
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.wikimedia.orghttps://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
- lists.wikimedia.orghttp://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mediawiki Fixed in 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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