MediaWiki CVE-2012-5391 Session Fixation Vulnerability

BID:58019

Info

MediaWiki CVE-2012-5391 Session Fixation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 58019
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2012-5391
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 12 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 08:56PM
Credit: Chris Steipp
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

MediaWiki CVE-2012-5391 Session Fixation Vulnerability

MediaWiki is prone to a session-fixation vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to hijack an arbitrary session, gain unauthorized access, and impersonate arbitrary users to the affected application.

MediaWiki 1.20 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

MediaWiki CVE-2012-5391 Session Fixation Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker entices an unsuspecting user into following a malicious URI.

References

MediaWiki CVE-2012-5391 Session Fixation Vulnerability

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