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CVE-2012-5395

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for 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 centralauth_Session cookie.

Key facts

CVSS score
6.8 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS score
1.2% (67th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-5314)
Published
June 2, 2014
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5314 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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

References

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

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