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'.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
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
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	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:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-10-04 20:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-0503

Mitre link : CVE-2018-0503

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-0503

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mediawiki

mediawiki

debian

debian_linux

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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