CVE-2013-4306

N/A Unknown
Published: October 11, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.

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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/96908
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62210
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45019
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86893
Source: secalert@redhat.com
VDB Entry
https://git.wikimedia.org/commit/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FCheckUser.git/99ad25d066ce6111e798427cba7f21526827f651
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://osvdb.org/96908
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62210
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45019
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86893
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
VDB Entry
https://git.wikimedia.org/commit/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FCheckUser.git/99ad25d066ce6111e798427cba7f21526827f651
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
45th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-352

Affected Vendors

mediawiki

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