Description
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.
References
- mediawiki-multiple-csrf(78911) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20120323 CVEs for MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2 mailing-list
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2 mailing-list
- 48504 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34212
- [MediaWiki-announce] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.17.3 mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120322 MediaWiki security and maintenance release 1.18.2 mailing-list
- 80361 vdb-entry
- 52689 vdb-entry