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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2891-1 mediawiki security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2891-2 mediawiki regression update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2891-3 mediawiki regression update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-4430 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.
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

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

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00849}

epss

{'score': 0.01163}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:45:15.240Z

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

Link: CVE-2013-4572

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-02-06T15:15:10.387

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:55:51.343

Link: CVE-2013-4572

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