CVE-2012-4381
MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 saves passwords in the local database, (1) which could make it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack or, (2) when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.1 High
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2020-02-08
- Last modified
- 2024-08-06
- Weaknesses
- CWE-798
Affected products
References
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106
- 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184
