CVE-2014-3455 Cross-site request forgery in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 12 May 2014 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can hijack user authentication via CSRF in SemanticForms extension, potentially leading to account takeover.

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-2014-3455?

CVE-2014-3455 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mediawiki Mediawiki, published on 12 May 2014. 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 the (1) CreateProperty, (2) CreateTemplate, (3) CreateForm, and (4) CreateClass special pages in the SemanticForms extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.10, 1.2x before 1.21.4, and 1.22.x before 1.22.1 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that have unspecified impact and vectors.

Weakness: CWE-352

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3455?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mediawiki Mediawiki.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-3455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Mediawiki Mediawiki vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-943x-9v33-f659.