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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-5391
Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83008
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100843.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-March/100845.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098975.html
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40995
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.18, 1.18.0, 1.18.1, 1.18.2, 1.18.3, 1.18.4, 1.19, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.20
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 2nd, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.