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Vulnerability details: VCID-wg2u-fwvw-hqcm
Vulnerability ID VCID-wg2u-fwvw-hqcm
Aliases CVE-2012-4381
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.4
Risk 4.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
System Score Found at
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
epss 0.04125 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
cvssv2 9.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381
Reference id Reference type URL
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85106
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4381
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853442
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4381
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41184
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2012-4381 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381
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

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381
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

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.88181
EPSS Score 0.04125
Published At Aug. 7, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:08:19.505078+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4381 37.0.0