Unscored severity · published Sep 9, 2012
CVE-2012-1578
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users…
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CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.17; 1.17; 1.17.0; 1.17.0; 1.17.1; 1.17.2; +5 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1578
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1578
lists.wikimedia.org
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
osvdb.org
http://osvdb.org/80361
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
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