CVE-2012-4381

Severity Score

8.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

MediaWiki versiones anteriores a 1.18.5 y versiones 1.19.x anteriores a 1.19.2, guardan las contraseñas en la base de datos local, (1) lo que podría facilitar a atacantes dependiendo del contexto obtener contraseñas de texto sin cifrar por medio de un ataque de fuerza bruta o, (2) cuando un plugin de autenticación devuelve un falso en la función strict, podría permitir a atacantes remotos utilizar contraseñas antiguas para cuentas no existentes en un sistema de autenticación externo por medio de vectores no especificados.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-21 CVE Reserved
2020-02-08 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106	Broken Link
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10	2020-02-12
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6	2020-02-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442	2020-02-12
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html	2020-02-12
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184	2020-02-12

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				< 1.18.5 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " < 1.18.5"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				>= 1.19.0 < 1.19.2 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.19.0 < 1.19.2"		-		Affected