MediaWiki up to 1.20 Session session fixiation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in MediaWiki up to 1.20. This affects an unknown part of the component Session. Performing a manipulation results in session fixiation. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5391. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in MediaWiki up to 1.20 (Content Management System). This affects an unknown code of the component Session. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was published 06/02/2014 as Bug 40995 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.wikimedia.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-5391 since 10/17/2012. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63267 (MediaWiki < 1.18.6 / 1.19.3 / 1.20.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

Upgrading to version 1.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83008), Tenable (63267), SecurityFocus (BID 56714†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38777†). Similar entry is available at VDB-69886. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Session fixiation
CWE: CWE-384
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 63267
Nessus Name: MediaWiki < 1.18.6 / 1.19.3 / 1.20.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 865380
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for mediawiki119 FEDORA-2013-2090
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: MediaWiki 1.20

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10/12/2012 🔍
10/17/2012 +5 days 🔍
11/28/2012 +42 days 🔍
12/14/2012 +16 days 🔍
03/14/2013 +90 days 🔍
06/02/2014 +445 days 🔍
06/02/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +296 days 🔍
03/22/2022 +2554 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: mediawiki.org

Advisory: Bug 40995
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5391 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5391
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69885
X-Force: 83008
SecurityFocus: 56714 - MediaWiki Multiple Security Bypass and HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 38777 - MediaWiki 1.20 Session-Fixation Vulnerability Allows Remote Session Hijacking, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/22/2022 09:31
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (66), 04/25/2017 23:02 (6), 03/22/2022 09:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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