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CVE-2012-1578

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.

Published

2012-09-09T21:55:05.947

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-352
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.1 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.17.2 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.0 Yes
Application mediawiki mediawiki 1.18.1 Yes
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