SB2014060208 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

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SB2014060208 - Multiple vulnerabilities in MediaWiki

Published: June 2, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014060208
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5391)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session_id. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html "CWE-384: Session Fixation"


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5395)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the centralauth_Session cookie. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html "CWE-384: Session Fixation"


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References