CVE-2012-1580

Publication date 9 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Special:Upload in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of unspecified victims for requests that upload files.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mediawiki	13.04 raring	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

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Notes

micahg

Debian maintainer said 1.15 isn't affected, see 1:1.15.5-9 changelog

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1580