# CVE-2013-2032: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Remote attackers can bypass extension-based password change restrictions in MediaWiki by using unblocked special pages, requiring specific extension configurations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **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 available:** Yes
- **Published:** 15 Nov 2013
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2032, GHSA-jw49-q332-x9hh

## What is CVE-2013-2032?

CVE-2013-2032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2032?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Mediawiki Mediawiki.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-2032?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2013-2032 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-2032 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-2032 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 15 Nov 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2032 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2032/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2032/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2032
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2032
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-2032

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2032/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.