CVE-2012-4379

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element.

CVSS v3.0 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426	Issue Tracking Patch
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::

Information

Published : 2017-10-19 14:29

Updated : 2017-10-31 15:08

NVD link : CVE-2012-4379

Mitre link : CVE-2012-4379

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

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Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

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