Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2020· Updated Aug 6, 2024
CVE-2013-4572
CVE-2013-4572
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: MediaWiki <1.19.9, <1.20.8, <1.21.3
- Range: before 1.19.9
Patches
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References
4- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.htmlmitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.htmlmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
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