CVE-2013-4302 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass CSRF protection in MediaWiki API by obtaining tokens via JSONP requests, requiring user interaction to exploit.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4302?
CVE-2013-4302 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 27 Oct 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
(1) ApiBlock.php, (2) ApiCreateAccount.php, (3) ApiLogin.php, (4) ApiMain.php, (5) ApiQueryDeletedrevs.php, (6) ApiTokens.php, and (7) ApiUnblock.php in includes/api/ in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 allow remote attackers to obtain CSRF tokens and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism via a JSONP request to wiki/api.php.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4302?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4302?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-4302 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4302 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mediawiki Mediawiki
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4302, DSA-2753-1, GHSA-m76g-jmxw-8v24.