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CVE-2012-5395

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x...

6.8 Medium

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the centralauth_Session cookie.

Exploit likelihood

1.16%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the centralauth_Session cookie.

Record
CVE-2012-5395
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the centralauth_Session cookie.

Record
CVE-2012-5395
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-5314 No score

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the centralauth_Session cookie.

Record
EUVD-2012-5314
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-c42w-vg6v-vvqm No score

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x...

Session fixation vulnerability in the CentralAuth extension for MediaWiki before 1.18.6, 1.19.x before 1.19.3, and 1.20.x before 1.20.1 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via the centralauth_Session cookie.

Record
GHSA-c42w-vg6v-vvqm
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2012-5395 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Mediawiki, published June 2, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.16%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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