CVE-2012-4381
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 8, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 21, 2012
Description
MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 saves passwords in the local database, (1) which could make it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext passwords via a brute-force attack or, (2) when an authentication plugin returns a false in the strict function, could allow remote attackers to use old passwords for non-existing accounts in an external authentication system via unspecified vectors.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
MediaWikin/a |
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References
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106
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