CVE-2012-5391
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-5391 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-06-02 15:55:08 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18 | beta_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18.0 | rc1 | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.18.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19 | beta_1 | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19 | beta_2 | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: mediawiki-1.19.4-2.fc17 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mediawiki-1.19.4-2.fc18 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| ⚓ T42995 Generic Session Fixation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.wikimedia.org | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: mediawiki119-1.19.3-3.fc18 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | |
| [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki security release: 1.20.1, 1.19.3 and 1.18.6 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.wikimedia.org | Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.