VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5391
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.
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 2.25%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.25% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mediawiki/mediawiki
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098975.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.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40995
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83008
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098975.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.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-November/000122.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40995
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83008
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.