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CVE-2013-4304 (GCVE-0-2013-4304)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-26 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-an… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52338 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://osvdb.org/96910 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/54723 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2013-09-03 00:00
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