Description
The CentralNotice extension for MediaWiki before 1.19.9, 1.20.x before 1.20.8, and 1.21.x before 1.21.3 sets the Cache-Control header to cache session cookies when a user is autocreated, which allows remote attackers to authenticate as the created user.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki
before 1.19.9affected1.20.x before 1.20.8affected1.21.x before 1.21.3affected
References
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53032 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/123011.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/122998.html ↗
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2013-November/000135.html ↗