CVE-2013-4302

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    CVE-2013-4302

    Published: 27 Oct 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: (1) ApiBlock.php, (2) ApiCreateAccount.php, (3) ApiLogin.php, (4) ApiMain.php, (5) ApiQueryDeletedrevs.php, (6) ApiTokens.php, and (7) ApiUnblock.php in includes/api/ in MediaWiki 1.19.x before 1.19.8, 1.20.x before 1.20.7, and 1.21.x before 1.21.2 allow remote attackers to obtain CSRF tokens and bypass the cross-site request forgery (CSRF) protection mechanism via a JSONP request to wiki/api.php.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/54715, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2753, http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-September/000133.html, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/553, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49090, http://osvdb.org/96912, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86896, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.19, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.20, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.21

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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