CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-0505

Improper Authentication

Published: Oct 04, 2018 | Modified: Oct 18, 2019
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where BotPasswords can bypass CentralAuths account lock

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.31.0 (including) 1.31.1 (excluding)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.27.5 (including) 1.27.5 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.29.3 (including) 1.29.3 (including)
Mediawiki Mediawiki 1.30.1 (including) 1.30.1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References