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CVE-2012-4382 Details

Description

MediaWiki before 1.18.5, and 1.19.x before 1.19.2 does not properly protect user block metadata, which allows remote administrators to read a user block reason via a reblock attempt.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.9 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686330 CVEIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2012-August/000119.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T41823 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/10 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/6 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mediawiki mediawiki
<= 1.18.4
1.19.0
1.19.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-4382
NVD Published Date:
Oct 19, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-4382 Details - Not Deferred