CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-0503

Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.

4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

4.3 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301 Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-04 08:29

Updated : 2019-10-18 04:15

NVD link : CVE-2018-0503

Mitre link : CVE-2018-0503

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269