Improper access control in MediaWiki - CVE-2012-4379

 

Improper access control in MediaWiki - CVE-2012-4379

Published: October 19, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38026
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-4379
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: MediaWiki.org
Affected software:
MediaWiki

Detailed vulnerability description

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

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-4379

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources