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CVE-2012-1578

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
9 Sept 2012
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Exploit chance
1.3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 71% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Cross-site request forgery (CWE-352)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MediaWikiServers and applications · cpe:a:mediawiki:mediawiki
  • Version 1.18.1
  • Version 1.18
  • Version 1.18.0-rc1
  • Version 1.18-beta_1
All 9 release lines
  • Version 1.17-beta_1
  • Version 1.17.0-rc1
  • Version 1.17
  • Version 1.17.1
  • Version 1.17.2
  • Version 1.18-beta_1
  • Version 1.18.0-rc1
  • Version 1.18
  • Version 1.18.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1578
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1578