CVE-2013-4572

unknown

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

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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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4572

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4572

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.