CVE-2023-45374
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

CVE-2023-45374 is a security vulnerability affecting the SportsTeams extension for MediaWiki. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on October 9, 2023. The issue involves a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability where the application does not check for the anti-CSRF edit token in Special:SportsTeamsManager and Special:UpdateFavoriteTeams (CISA Bulletin).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a medium severity level. The core issue stems from the lack of proper CSRF token validation in two special pages: Special:SportsTeamsManager and Special:UpdateFavoriteTeams, which could allow unauthorized actions to be performed on behalf of authenticated users (CISA Bulletin).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users through CSRF attacks. This could potentially lead to unauthorized modifications of sports team preferences and management settings within the MediaWiki installation (CISA Bulletin).

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