CVE-2018-0503
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-10-04 20:00
Modified
2024-09-17 01:30
Severity ?
Summary
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
security@debian.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
security@debian.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
security@debian.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301Third Party Advisory
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