PT-2012-3355 · Wikimedia · Mediawiki

Aggelos Kiayias + 1 · Published 2012-09-09 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-1581

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2 MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to change the passwords of arbitrary users due to the use of weak random numbers for password reset tokens.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.17.x through 1.17.2, update to version 1.17.3 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.18.x through 1.18.1, update to version 1.18.2 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-1581

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 13

• http://secunia.com/advisories/48504 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1581 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000110.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1581 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1581 · Security Note
• http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-March/000109.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/24/1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35078 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/22/9 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78910 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1581 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52689 · Note