MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2, when a private wiki is configured, provides different error messages for failed login attempts depending on whether the username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate account names and conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2017-11-15T08:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.197Z

Reserved: 2017-05-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8810

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-11-15T08:29:00.673

Modified: 2017-11-28T16:58:20.727

Link: CVE-2017-8810

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