CVE-2013-4304

N/A Unknown
Published: January 26, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 caches a valid CentralAuthUser object in the centralauth_User cookie even when a user has not successfully logged in, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication without a password.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://osvdb.org/96910
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/54723
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52338
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86894
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://osvdb.org/96910
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/54723
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86894
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
53th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287

Affected Vendors

mediawiki brion_vibber

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