PT-2020-7232 · Mediawiki · Mediawiki

Ryan Lane · Published 2020-02-08 · Updated 2020-02-12 · CVE-2012-4381

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MediaWiki versions 1.18.0 through 1.18.4 MediaWiki versions 1.19.0 through 1.19.1

Description The issue could make it easier for attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack. Additionally, when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, it could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.

Recommendations For MediaWiki versions 1.18.0 through 1.18.4, update to version 1.18.5 or later. For MediaWiki versions 1.19.0 through 1.19.1, update to version 1.19.2 or later.

Fix

Using Hardcoded Credentials

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-798

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4381

Affected Products

Mediawiki

References · 15

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4381 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-4381 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442 · Patch
• https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4381 · Security Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/9715 · Telegram Post