| Name | CVE-2013-4572 |
| Description | The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2891-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 729629 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki (PTS) | stretch (security) | 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u11 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.27.7-1+deb9u13 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1:1.31.16-1+deb10u8 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:1.35.13-1+deb11u3 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1:1.39.10-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:1.39.10-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki | source | squeeze | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| mediawiki | source | wheezy | 1:1.19.14+dfsg-0+deb7u1 | DSA-2891-1 | ||
| mediawiki | source | (unstable) | 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2 | 729629 | ||
| mediawiki-extensions | source | wheezy | 3.5~deb7u1 | DSA-2891-1 |
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032