CVE-2013-4306

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4306
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-11 21:55:44 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.

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: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mediawiki Mediawiki All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[MediaWiki-announce] MediaWiki Security Release: 1.21.2, 1.20.7 and 1.19.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.wikimedia.org Patch
osvdb.org/96908 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org Broken Link
rECHU99ad25d066ce af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.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 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
⚓ T47019 Checkuser API does not use tokens af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org Issue Tracking, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
MediaWiki CheckUser Extension CVE-2013-4306 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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