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CVE-2013-4306: mediawiki Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

CVSS: 6.8v2.0MediumModified
Published 11-10-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4306 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in mediawiki. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.90%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-10-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in api/ApiQueryCheckUser.php in the CheckUser extension for MediaWiki, possibly Checkuser before 2.3, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that "perform sensitive write actions" via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.90% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki≥ 1.19.0, < 1.19.8 | ≥ 1.20.0, < 1.20.7 | ≥ 1.21.0, < 1.21.2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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