CVE-2013-4304 | BDVDB-2026-59607 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86894
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52338
http://osvdb.org/96910
http://secunia.com/advisories/54723

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12014-01-26Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.