CVE-2013-4572 Auth bypass in MediaWiki

What is CVE-2013-4572?

CVE-2013-4572 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 6 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.

Weakness: CWE-384

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4572?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4572?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2013-4572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4572, GHSA-xg89-j94m-h233.