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CVE-2013-4572

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4572 describes a vulnerability in the CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki versions before 1.19.9, 1.20.8, and 1.21.3. This flaw allows remote attackers to authenticate as newly created users due to improper caching of session cookies. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and high impact on integrity, as it allows unauthorized authentication. 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
< 1.19.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.20, < 1.20.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.21, < 1.21.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0214 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.wikimedia.org / pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.wikimedia.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory