CVE-2012-4379 — Improper Access Control in Mediawiki

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control7 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 37.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
MediawikiDebian Mediawiki
Timeline
PublishedOct 19
Latest updateMay 17

Description

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/mediawiki< mediawiki 1:1.19.2-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianmediawiki/mediawiki< 1:1.19.2-1+3
▶NVDmediawiki/mediawiki1.18.4+2

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: lists.wikimedia.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-vj53-2xmv-77mc: MediaWiki before 1↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2012-4379: MediaWiki before 1↗2017-10-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2012-4379: mediawiki - MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-...↗2012
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4379 mediawiki: CSRF tokens, available via API, not protected when X-Frame-Options headers used↗2012-08-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4377 CVE-2012-4378 CVE-2012-4379 CVE-2012-4380 CVE-2012-4381 mediawiki various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-08-31
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-4379 CVE-2012-4380 CVE-2012-4381 mediawiki various flaws [epel-5]↗2012-08-31
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