CVE-2018-0505

MEDIUM

MediaWiki 1.27.0-1.27.4 and 1.31.0 - Improper Authentication via BotPasswords CentralAuth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0043
EPSS Percentile 62.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (6)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
mediawiki/core 1.27.0 - 1.27.5Packagist
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.27.5
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.29.3
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.30.1
mediawiki/mediawiki 1.31.0 - 1.31.1
Published Oct 04, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026