MediaWiki prior 1.14.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in MediaWiki. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-2032. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 does not allow extensions to prevent password changes without using both Special:PasswordReset and Special:ChangePassword, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of an extension that only implements one of these blocks.

The weakness was shared 11/17/2013 as Bug 46590 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2032 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66593 (Fedora 19 : mediawiki-1.20.5-1.fc19 (2013-7654)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12787 (Mediawiki SVG Files Cross-Site Scripting and Password Reset Security Bypass Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.14.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (66593), Secunia (SA55433†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39712†). The entries VDB-12825, VDB-65475 and VDB-65473 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 66593
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : mediawiki-1.20.5-1.fc19 (2013-7654)
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OpenVAS ID: 865629
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2013-7701
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.14.0

Timelineinfo

02/19/2013 🔍
05/13/2013 +83 days 🔍
05/27/2013 +14 days 🔍
10/29/2013 +155 days 🔍
11/17/2013 +19 days 🔍
11/17/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +492 days 🔍
01/10/2022 +2484 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: Bug 46590
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-2032 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2032
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65474

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Secunia: 55433 - Gentoo update for mediawiki, Moderately Critical
Vulnerability Center: 39712 - MediaWiki <=1.19.6 and 1.20.* Before 1.20.5 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/10/2022 13:15
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (66), 04/30/2017 12:45 (5), 01/10/2022 13:15 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:FAC:103

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