CVE-2012-1578 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack authenticated sessions of users with block permissions to block or unblock other users via CSRF.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1578?
CVE-2012-1578 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 9 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1578?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1578?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-1578 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3mq9-phgq-f2wv.