CVE-2012-4379 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00429.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4322	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-10-19T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:09.330Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-4379

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-19T21:29:00.187

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2012-4379

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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