VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2012-1578

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-09-09
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Primary references