ghsa-mhfv-9h99-jwg7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:31
Modified
2024-05-15 22:56
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
Details

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'.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.27.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.27.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.29.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.29.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.30.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.30.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Packagist",
        "name": "mediawiki/core"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.31.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.31.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2018-0503"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-269"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-15T22:56:26Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-10-04T20:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "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 \u0027user\u0027 overrides that for \u0027newbie\u0027.",
  "id": "GHSA-mhfv-9h99-jwg7",
  "modified": "2024-05-15T22:56:26Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:31:05Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0503"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-0503.yaml"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management"
}


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