Description
Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session_id.
Published: 2014-06-02
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5310 Session fixation vulnerability in Special:UserLogin in MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the session_id.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0072}

epss

{'score': 0.00684}


Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:05:47.225Z

Reserved: 2012-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5391

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-06-02T15:55:08.217

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2012-5391

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses