CVE-2013-4572 (GCVE-0-2013-4572)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-02-06 14:40
Modified
2024-08-06 16:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • Other
Summary
The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki Version: before 1.19.9
Version: 1.20.x before 1.20.8
Version: 1.21.x before 1.21.3
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