What is the severity of CVE-2013-4572?

CVE-2013-4572 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow unauthorized user authentication.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4572?

To fix CVE-2013-4572, upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.19.9, 1.20.8, or 1.21.3 or later.

What software is affected by CVE-2013-4572?

CVE-2013-4572 affects MediaWiki versions before 1.19.9, all 1.20.x versions before 1.20.8, and all 1.21.x versions before 1.21.3 as well as Fedora versions 18 and 19.

What exploit is possible with CVE-2013-4572?

CVE-2013-4572 allows remote attackers to authenticate as autocreated users due to the misconfigured Cache-Control header.

Which versions of MediaWiki are vulnerable to CVE-2013-4572?

MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.9, 1.20.x versions before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x versions before 1.21.3 are vulnerable to CVE-2013-4572.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2013-4572

high

7.5

CWE

384

6/2/2020

6/8/2024

CVE-2013-4572

First published: Thu Feb 06 2020(Updated: )

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.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Wikimedia MediaWiki	<1.19.9
Wikimedia MediaWiki	>=1.20<1.20.8
Wikimedia MediaWiki	>=1.21<1.21.3
Fedora	=18
Fedora	=19

Remedy

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4572?
CVE-2013-4572 is categorized as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow unauthorized user authentication.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4572?
To fix CVE-2013-4572, upgrade to MediaWiki version 1.19.9, 1.20.8, or 1.21.3 or later.
What software is affected by CVE-2013-4572?
CVE-2013-4572 affects MediaWiki versions before 1.19.9, all 1.20.x versions before 1.20.8, and all 1.21.x versions before 1.21.3 as well as Fedora versions 18 and 19.
What exploit is possible with CVE-2013-4572?
CVE-2013-4572 allows remote attackers to authenticate as autocreated users due to the misconfigured Cache-Control header.
Which versions of MediaWiki are vulnerable to CVE-2013-4572?
MediaWiki versions prior to 1.19.9, 1.20.x versions before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x versions before 1.21.3 are vulnerable to CVE-2013-4572.

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