CVE-2013-4572
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 6, 2020 at 02:40 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:57 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraMediaWikiMediaWiki
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.19.91.20 ≤ v < 1.20.81.21 ≤ v < 1.21.3
Affected range stops below 1.19.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.20.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.21.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.19.91.20 ≤ v < 1.20.81.21 ≤ v < 1.21.3
Affected range stops below 1.19.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.20.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.21.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.htmlx_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-384
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