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CVE-2012-4382

Date: October 19, 2017

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not properly protect user block metadata, which allows remote administrators to read a user block reason via a reblock attempt.

Severity Score

4.9

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4382

Url: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6

Url: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41823

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4382

Url: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2012-4382

Severity Score

4.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Information Leak / Disclosure

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.9
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	NONE
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