CVE-2012-1578

N/A Unknown
Published: September 09, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80361
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/80361
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78911
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.3%
67th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

mediawiki