Overview
- Description
- The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 3.6
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-384
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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{
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{
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"matchCriteriaId": "21DA09B3-3735-49D7-8B61-39C041A97F04",
"versionEndExcluding": "1.19.9"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "FF6954BB-CDD5-4A6D-88B1-4512478060EC",
"versionEndExcluding": "1.20.8",
"versionStartIncluding": "1.20"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "F2A68410-43FA-4AD6-876C-357D8239EB9F",
"versionEndExcluding": "1.21.3",
"versionStartIncluding": "1.21"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "E14271AE-1309-48F3-B9C6-D7DEEC488279"
},
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "5991814D-CA77-4C25-90D2-DB542B17E0AD"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]