CVE-2012-4382 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not properly protect user block metadata, which allows remote administrators to read a user block reason via a reblock attempt.

Published: 2017-10-19

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-4325	MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not properly protect user block metadata, which allows remote administrators to read a user block reason via a reblock attempt.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00288.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41823

History

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Subscriptions

Mediawiki Mediawiki

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-10-19T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T20:35:08.977Z

Reserved: 2012-08-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-4382

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-19T21:29:00.283

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2012-4382

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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