CVE-2018-0503
MEDIUM4.3EPSS 0.38%Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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'.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/mediawikifrom 0, < 1:1.31.1-1
- Debian/mediawikifrom 0, < 1:1.27.5-1~deb9u1
- Packagist/mediawiki/core>= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0503
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-0503
- PATCHhttps://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
- WEBhttps://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-0503.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
- WEBhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
- WEBhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695