CVE-2012-4380
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Improper access control
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 allows remote attackers to bypass GlobalBlocking extension IP address blocking and create an account via unspecified vectors.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Patch
- https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch
- https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41824Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853440