CVE-2012-4379

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2017-10-19

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Mediawiki (Mediawiki)

References

• 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