# CVE-2012-1578: Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-09-09 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in MediaWiki 1.17.x before 1.17.3 and 1.18.x before 1.18.2 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users with the block permission for requests that (1) block a user via a request to the Block module or (2) unblock a user via a request to the Unblock module.

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78911
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48504
- https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34212
- http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9
- http://osvdb.org/80361
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52689

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