CVE-2013-4304
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2013-4304 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-01-26 20:55:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 0.002940000 probability, percentile 0.526080000 (date 2026-05-04)
Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Brion Vibber | Centralauth Extension | - | - | - | 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 | 1.19.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.19.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.20.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Mediawiki | Mediawiki | 1.21.1 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.wikimedia.org | Patch |
| oss-sec: Re: CVE request: MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | |
| About Secunia Research | Flexera | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| osvdb.org/96910 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | osvdb.org | |
| ⚓ T54338 CentralAuth can allow logging in as any user, no password needed | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.wikimedia.org | Exploit |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| 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.