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CVE-2012-5395

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.

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
2 Jun 2014
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 1.20
  • Version 1.19.2
  • Version 1.19.1
  • Version 1.19
All 14 release lines
  • Every version up to 1.18.5
  • Version 1.18-beta_1
  • Version 1.18.0-rc1
  • Version 1.18
  • Version 1.18.1
  • Version 1.18.2
  • Version 1.18.3
  • Version 1.18.4
  • Version 1.19-beta_1
  • Version 1.19-beta_2
  • Version 1.19
  • Version 1.19.1
  • Version 1.19.2
  • Version 1.20

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5395
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5395