Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting mediawiki package, versions <1:1.15.4-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-MEDIAWIKI-1553617
  • published8 Jun 2010
  • disclosed8 Jun 2010

Introduced: 8 Jun 2010

CVE-2010-1648  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 mediawiki to version 1:1.15.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mediawiki package and not the mediawiki package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the login interface in MediaWiki 1.15 before 1.15.4 and 1.16 before 1.16 beta 3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) create accounts or (2) reset passwords, related to the Special:Userlogin form.

CVSS Scores

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