CVE-2012-1580 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
A CSRF vulnerability in MediaWiki allows attackers to hijack user sessions to upload files, requiring user interaction to exploit.
- 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-2012-1580?
CVE-2012-1580 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
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Special:Upload in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that upload files.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1580?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1580?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1580 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-1580 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1580 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hfw5-2294-7q36.