PT-2017-5152 · Wikimedia · Mediawiki

Tstarling · Published 2017-10-19 · Updated 2017-10-31 · CVE-2012-4380

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: MediaWiki versions prior to 1.18.5 MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.2

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to bypass GlobalBlocking extension IP address blocking and create an account.

Recommendations: For MediaWiki versions prior to 1.18.5, update to version 1.18.5 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.19.x prior to 1.19.2, update to version 1.19.2 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4380

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4380 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4380 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4380 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4380 · Security Note
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41824 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6 · Patch
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4380 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853440 · Note