7.5

CVE-2013-4572: fedoraproject fedora Session Fixation

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2013-4572DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4572
Published 06-02-2020Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4572 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Session Fixation vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 2.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-2891-1MGASA-2013-0368

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.14% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
2.14%

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

Debian1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.8+dfsg-2.2
Fedoraproject1 product
Mediawiki1 product
  • mediawiki< 1.19.9 | ≥ 1.20, < 1.20.8 | ≥ 1.21, < 1.21.3
Ubuntu1 product
  • mediawiki< 1:1.19.11+dfsg-1
Wikimedia foundation1 product
  • mediawiki< 1.19.9 | 1.20.x before 1.20.8 | 1.21.x before 1.21.3

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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