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CVE-2012-1580

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1580 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in MediaWiki versions 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2, specifically within the Special:Upload function. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack a victim's authenticated session to upload files without their consent. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. 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
1.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0153 is in the 47th 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
Vendor Advisory
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 80364
bugzilla.wikimedia.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48504
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/74286
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
securityfocus.com / bid/52689