CVE-2012-5394 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.9, 1.20.8, and 1.21.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to hijack user authentication through requests that leverage image loading, potentially leading to unauthorized actions. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, resulting in 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 vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.20.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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