CVE-2013-4306 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00228.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mediawiki	Mediawiki

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4200	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html
http://osvdb.org/96908
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62210
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45019
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86893
https://git.wikimedia.org/commit/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FCheckUser.git/99ad25d066ce6111e798427cba7f21526827f651

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00237}`	epss `{'score': 0.00205}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-10-11T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.961Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4306

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-10-11T21:55:44.353

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-4306

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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