CVE-2017-8810
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-15 08:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:48
Severity ?
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.27.4, 1.28.x before 1.28.3, and 1.29.x before 1.29.2, when a private wiki is configured, provides different error messages for failed login attempts depending on whether the username exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate account names and conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039812Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2017-November/000216.htmlMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4036Third Party Advisory
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