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CVE-2018-0503 Details

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'.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:4.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238 CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813 CVE
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.html CVEPatchVendor Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545 CVEPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-269Improper Privilege Management[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mediawiki mediawiki
>= 1.31.0, < 1.31.1
1.27.5
1.29.3
1.30.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux
9.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-0503
NVD Published Date:
Oct 4, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-0503 Details - Not Deferred