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CVE-2012-1578

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1578 describes multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki versions 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2. These flaws allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with block permissions to either block or unblock other users. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0132 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 80361
bugzilla.wikimedia.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48504
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/78911
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
securityfocus.com / bid/52689