MediaWiki up to 1.21.2 CentralAuth Extension cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in MediaWiki. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component CentralAuth Extension. This manipulation causes cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-5394. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in MediaWiki (Content Management System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component CentralAuth Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was presented 12/13/2013 as Bug 40747 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5394 since 10/17/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71150 (Fedora 18 : mediawiki-1.19.9-1.fc18 (2013-21874)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 12810 (Mediawiki Multiple Vulnerabilities (MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.3, 1.20.8 and 1.19.9)).

Upgrading to version 1.19 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (71150) and SecurityFocus (BID 63755†). See VDB-11228, VDB-65746, VDB-65745 and VDB-65579 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 71150
Nessus Name: Fedora 18 : mediawiki-1.19.9-1.fc18 (2013-21874)
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OpenVAS ID: 867095
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki FEDORA-2013-21856
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.19

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10/17/2012 🔍
11/14/2013 +393 days 🔍
11/23/2013 +9 days 🔍
12/02/2013 +9 days 🔍
12/13/2013 +11 days 🔍
12/13/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +466 days 🔍
05/02/2019 +1500 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: Bug 40747
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5394 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5394
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65743
SecurityFocus: 63755 - Mediawiki ZeroRatedMobileAccess Extension CVE-2013-4573 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 05/02/2019 20:46
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 05/02/2019 20:46 (3)
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