CVE-2012-4381

HIGH

MediaWiki < 1.18.5 and 1.19.x < 1.19.2 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (7)

Core 7

Core References

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330

Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442

Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184

Broken Link x_refsource_misc

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.0310

EPSS Percentile 87.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-798

Status published

Products (1)

mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.18.5

Published Feb 08, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026