CVE-2012-4379

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-284

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426Issue Tracking, Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853426Issue Tracking, Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41180Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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