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CVE-2012-5394
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.68%
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Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that login via vectors involving image loading.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.68% · top 48% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (4)
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40747 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20131114 MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.3, 1.20.8 and 1.19.9 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-21856 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-21874 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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