CVE-2018-0505: 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

Medium severity · published Oct 4, 2018

CVE-2018-0505

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

6.5

CVSS

EPSS

On KEV

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Low

Privileges

Low

User interaction

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Scope

Unchanged

Exploitation

Is it being used?

Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.0% · higher than 80% of CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet

CISA KEVNot listed

Ransomware campaign useNot known

Affected products

Which versions

Debian Linux · Debian

9.0 · source: NVD

Mediawiki · Mediawiki

1.31.0 before 1.31.1; 1.27.5; 1.29.3; 1.30.1 · source: NVD

Affected product

Debian Linux

Debian

All Debian Linux CVEs

References

NVD

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505

CVE.org

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0505

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

Exploit

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605