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CVE-2012-4381

Published: Feb 8, 2020

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

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

References

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330

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https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442

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https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184

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http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106

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