CVE-2012-5394 json
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x…
published 2013-12-13 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5313
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.7%
- EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that login via vectors involving image loading.
Exploit prediction
0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
References
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
vendor-advisory
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lists.fedoraproject.org
/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html
vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.wikimedia.org /show_bug.cgi?id=40747
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lists.wikimedia.org
/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
mailing-list
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2012-5394
- NVD CVE-2012-5394
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