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CVE-2018-0505 (GCVE-0-2018-0505)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-10-04 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 18:48
VLAI
Title
BotPasswords can bypass CentralAuth's account lock
Summary
Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where BotPasswords can bypass CentralAuth's account lock
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Authentication bypass
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
mediawiki mediawiki Affected: before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5
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Date Public
2018-09-20 00:00
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