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CVE-2018-0503

Date: October 4, 2018

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'.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

4.3

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki

Url: https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-0503.yaml

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238

Url: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0503

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301

Url: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-0503

Severity Score

4.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Improper Privilege Management

CWE-269

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

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