SB2013020504 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for mediawiki119
Published: February 5, 2013 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013020504
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-5391)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session_id. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/384.html "CWE-384: Session Fixation"
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.