High severity · published Feb 6, 2020
CVE-2013-4572
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…
7.5
CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
18; 19 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
before 1.19.9; 1.20 before 1.20.8; 1.21 before 1.21.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4572
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4572
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
Mailing List
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032
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