CVE-2013-4304

CentralAuth Extension for MediaWiki Authentication Bypass via Cached Cookie

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 caches a valid CentralAuthUser object in the centralauth_User cookie even when a user has not successfully logged in, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication without a password.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86894
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/96910
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/54723

Scores

EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 52.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (19)
brion_vibber/centralauth_extension
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19 (3 CPE variants)
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.0
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.1
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.2
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.3
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.4
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.5
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.6
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.7
... and 9 more
Published Jan 26, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026