Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5391
CVE-2012-5391
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.
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Affected products
17cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.18.5
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.18:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: before 1.18.6, before 1.19.3, before 1.20.1
- Range: before 1.18.6, before 1.19.3, before 1.20.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098975.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100843.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100845.htmlnvd
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83008nvd
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