CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-4304

Improper Authentication

Published: Jan 26, 2014 | Modified: Aug 29, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 caches a valid CentralAuthUser object in the centralauth_User cookie even when a user has not successfully logged in, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication without a password.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Centralauth_extension Brion_vibber - (including) - (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19 (including) 1.19 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19-beta_1 (including) 1.19-beta_1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19-beta_2 (including) 1.19-beta_2 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.0 (including) 1.19.0 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.1 (including) 1.19.1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.2 (including) 1.19.2 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.3 (including) 1.19.3 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.4 (including) 1.19.4 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.5 (including) 1.19.5 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.6 (including) 1.19.6 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.19.7 (including) 1.19.7 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20 (including) 1.20 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.1 (including) 1.20.1 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.2 (including) 1.20.2 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.3 (including) 1.20.3 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.4 (including) 1.20.4 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.5 (including) 1.20.5 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.20.6 (including) 1.20.6 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21 (including) 1.21 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.21.1 (including) 1.21.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References