CVE-2018-0503

$wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides 'newbie'

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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'.

Mediawiki en versiones 1.31 anteriores a la 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 y 1.27.5 contiene un fallo en el que, contrario a lo que pone en su documentación, la entrada $wgRateLimits para "user" sobrescribe la de "newbie".

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-11-27 CVE Reserved
2018-09-24 CVE Published
2024-07-05 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html	2019-10-18
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545	2019-10-18

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142	2019-10-18
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238	2019-10-18
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813	2019-10-18
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301	2019-10-18
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-0503	2019-11-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1634161	2019-11-07

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"				>= 1.31.0 < 1.31.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version " >= 1.31.0 < 1.31.1"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.27.5 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.27.5"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.29.3 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.29.3"		-		Affected
Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki"		Mediawiki Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki"				1.30.1 Search vendor "Mediawiki" for product "Mediawiki" and version "1.30.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected