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CVE-2012-5394

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 0.7%EU EUVD

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that login via vectors involving image loading.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-352
EPSS score
0.7% (52th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-5313)
Published
December 13, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5313 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • mediawiki / mediawiki
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  • mediawiki / mediawiki
  • mediawiki / mediawiki
  • mediawiki / mediawiki

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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