PT-2014-2307

CVE-2012-5391

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Published

2014-06-02

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Updated

2017-08-29

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions prior to 1.18.6 MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.3 MediaWiki versions 1.20.x prior to 1.20.1
Description The issue allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session id. This is related to a session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin.
Recommendations For versions prior to 1.18.6, update to version 1.18.6 or later. For versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.3, update to version 1.19.3 or later. For versions 1.20.x prior to 1.20.1, update to version 1.20.1 or later.
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Related identifiers
CVE-2012-5391
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