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CVE-2012-5394

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.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
13 Dec 2013
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
MediaWikiServers and applications · cpe:a:mediawiki:mediawiki
  • Version 1.21.2
  • Version 1.21.1
  • Version 1.21
  • Version 1.20.7
All 22 release lines
  • Every version up to 1.19.8
  • Version 1.19-beta_1
  • Version 1.19-beta_2
  • Version 1.19
  • Version 1.19.1
  • Version 1.19.2
  • Version 1.19.3
  • Version 1.19.4
  • Version 1.19.5
  • Version 1.19.6
  • Version 1.19.7
  • Version 1.20
  • Version 1.20.1
  • Version 1.20.2
  • Version 1.20.3
  • Version 1.20.4
  • Version 1.20.5
  • Version 1.20.6
  • Version 1.20.7
  • Version 1.21
  • Version 1.21.1
  • Version 1.21.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5394
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5394