CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4306

MEDIUM
6.8
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.

How to fix

Remediation Available
mediawikiNVD
Affected:>= 1.21.0, < 1.21.2Fixed in:1.21.2CVE-2013-4306derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.90%probability of exploitation in 30 days
55thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 55% of all known CVEs.

References

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVESeverityCVSSEPSSExploitedFix
CVE-2016-6277High8.8100%KEV-
CVE-2014-0054Medium6.891%-Fix
CVE-2013-6429Medium6.890%-Fix
CVE-2022-41622High8.888%--
CVE-2018-7700High8.875%--
CVE-2015-2295Medium6.866%--
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