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CVE-2013-4572
Published: Feb 6, 2020
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Wikimedia Foundation | MediaWiki | affected before 1.19.9affected 1.20.x before 1.20.8affected 1.21.x before 1.21.3 |
References
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032
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