CVE-2012-5391
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in 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 session_id.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5391
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.19.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.19.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.19.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.19.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:1.19.3-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki | mediawiki | {"endIncluding":"1.18.5"} | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.18 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.18.0 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.18.1 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.18.2 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.18.3 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.18.4 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.1 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.19.2 | |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | 1.20 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098975.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100843.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100845.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40995
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83008
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5391
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.