CVE-2013-2032
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Description
MediaWiki before 1.19.6 and 1.20.x before 1.20.5 does not allow extensions to prevent password changes without using both Special:PasswordReset and Special:ChangePassword, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of an extension that only implements one of these blocks.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105784.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105825.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106293.html
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-April/000129.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201310-21.xml
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