CVE-2012-4379 Information

Description

MediaWiki before 1.18.5 and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not send a restrictive X-Frame-Options HTTP header which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks via an embedded API response in an IFRAME element.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

6.5