Unscored severity · published Jun 2, 2014
CVE-2012-5395
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…
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CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.20; 1.19; 1.19; 1.19; 1.19.1; 1.19.2; +9 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5395
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5395
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html
bugzilla.wikimedia.org
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40962
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