CVE-2012-4381

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-798

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	MediaWiki	before 1.18.5; 1.19.x before 1.19.2

References

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106Broken Link
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.htmlPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 8, 2020
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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