Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2013-4306
CVE-2013-4306
Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.htmlnvdPatch
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatch
- git.wikimedia.org/commit/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FCheckUser.git/99ad25d066ce6111e798427cba7f21526827f651nvdPatch
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/62210nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- osvdb.org/96908nvdBroken Link
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86893nvdVDB Entry
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