CVE-2012-5394
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-5394- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2012-5394- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5313 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2012-5313- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8c25-pfvp-7j3w No score
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before...
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.
- Record
GHSA-8c25-pfvp-7j3w- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-5394 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Mediawiki, published December 13, 2013. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40747
lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5394
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c25-pfvp-7j3w