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Vulnerability details: VCID-sa8w-pzne-aaas
Vulnerability ID VCID-sa8w-pzne-aaas
Aliases CVE-2018-0505
GHSA-5c6w-f4w2-2grp
Summary 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
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-285 Improper Authorization
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-0505.html
rhas Low https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
rhas Low https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
rhas Low https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-0505.json
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1634166
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0503
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0504
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0505
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5c6w-f4w2-2grp
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
cvssv3.1 5.3 https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
generic_textual MODERATE https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
cvssv2 4.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605
generic_textual MODERATE https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605
archlinux Medium https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-765
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
cvssv3.1 5.3 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-0505.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-0505.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-0505
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0503
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0504
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0505
https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
1634166 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1634166
ASA-201809-5 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201809-5
AVG-765 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-765
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-0505 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505
CVE-2018-0505.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/mediawiki/core/CVE-2018-0505.yaml
GHSA-5c6w-f4w2-2grp https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5c6w-f4w2-2grp
RHSA-2019:3142 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142
RHSA-2019:3238 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238
RHSA-2019:3813 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-0505.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0505
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Found at http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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adjacent_network

local

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low

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.60177
EPSS Score 0.00438
Published At March 28, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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