CVE-2018-0503

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-24
CWE:
CWE-79
Bugzilla:
1634161: CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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'.

Find out more about CVE-2018-0503 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.10 mediawiki123 Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.10 openshift-enterprise-mediawiki-container Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.10 mediawiki Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.10 openshift-enterprise-mediawiki-docker Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.9 mediawiki123 Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7 mediawiki123 Under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6 mediawiki123 Under investigation

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