CVE-2012-4382

MEDIUM

MediaWiki < 1.18.5 and 1.19.x < 1.19.2 - Unauthorized User Block Metadata Exposure via Reblock Attempt

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41823
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 52.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (3)
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.0
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.19.1
mediawiki/mediawiki < 1.18.4
Published Oct 19, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026