SB2020020622 - Session Fixation in MediaWiki MediaWiki
Published: February 6, 2020 Updated: July 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020020622
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Session Fixation (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4572)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
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 remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032