Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the login interface in MediaWiki 1.15 before 1.15.4 and 1.16 before 1.16 beta 3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that (1) create accounts or (2) reset passwords, related to the Special:Userlogin form.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | mediawiki | 1:1.15.4-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | mediawiki | 1:1.15.4-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | mediawiki | 1:1.15.4-1 | — |
References
- FEDORA-2010-10848 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23371
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20100528 MediaWiki security update: 1.15.4 and 1.16.0beta3 mailing-list
- FEDORA-2010-10779 vendor-advisory