Unscored severity · published Oct 11, 2013
CVE-2013-4306
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to…
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CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.19.0 before 1.19.8; 1.20.0 before 1.20.7; 1.21.0 before 1.21.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4306
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4306
Patch
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/96908
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62210
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45019
VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86893
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