CVE-2013-6455 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.10, 1.21.4, and 1.22.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to obtain usernames by exploiting how names are written to the Document Object Model (DOM) of a page. With a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low impact on confidentiality, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and has low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there any known public exploit codes or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.19.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.20.0, < 1.21.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.22.0, < 1.22.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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