CVE-2012-5394

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that login via vectors involving image loading.

Published: 2013-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-5394 is rated Moderate Risk (40.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5394

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-14 0.12% 0.15% +0.03%
2 2025-03-17 0.16% 0.12% -0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.16% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5394

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-5394

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5394

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.3 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.4 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.5 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.6 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.20.7 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.20.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.21.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.21.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.21.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki <= 1.19.8 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.0 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.1 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.2 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.3 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.4 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.5 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.6 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mediawiki mediawiki 1.19.7 cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5394

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