Medium severity · published Oct 4, 2018
CVE-2018-0503
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'
4.3
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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'.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
ME
Mediawiki · Mediawiki
1.31.0 before 1.31.1; 1.27.5; 1.29.3; 1.30.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0503
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0503
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
Patch
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
Patch
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545
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