CVE-2018-0503
published 2018-10-04CVE-2018-0503: 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…
PriorityP419medium4.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRLUINSUCNILAN
EPSS
1.53%
72.1th percentile
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'.
Affected
15 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | mediawiki | < mediawiki 1:1.31.1-1 (bookworm) | mediawiki 1:1.31.1-1 (bookworm) |
| mediawiki | core | >= 1.27.0 < 1.27.5 | 1.27.5 |
| mediawiki | core | >= 1.29.0 < 1.29.3 | 1.29.3 |
| mediawiki | core | >= 1.30.0 < 1.30.1 | 1.30.1 |
| mediawiki | core | >= 1.31.0 < 1.31.1 | 1.31.1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | — | — |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.31.1-1 | 1:1.31.1-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.31.1-1 | 1:1.31.1-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.31.1-1 | 1:1.31.1-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 0 < 1:1.31.1-1 | 1:1.31.1-1 |
| mediawiki | mediawiki | >= 1.31.0 < 1.31.1 | 1.31.1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.04.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.04.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv4.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
ghsa·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] CWE-269 Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
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'.
OSV
Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
osv·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
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'.
OSV
CVE-2018-0503: Mediawiki 1
osv·2018-10-04·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-0503: Mediawiki 1
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'.
Red Hat
mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'
vendor_redhat·2018-09-24·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'
mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'
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'.
Package: mediawiki123 (Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.6) - Out of support scope
Package: mediawiki123 (Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.7) - Out of support scope
Package: mediawiki (Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4) - Fix deferred
Debian
CVE-2018-0503: mediawiki - Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where co...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-0503: mediawiki - Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where co...
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'.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:1.31.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:1.31.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:1.31.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:1.31.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:1.31.1-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'
CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'
As reported:
Contrary to the documentation, $wgRateLimits entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie'.
For example, with the following configuration, newly registered accounts are able to edit 10 pages per hour instead of 5:
$wgRateLimits[ 'edit' ] = [
'user' => [ 10, 60*60 ],
'newbie' => [ 5, 60*60 ],
];
This seems to be the opposite of what documentation in DefaultSettings.php says:
'newbie' => [ x, y ], // each new autoconfirmed accounts; overrides 'user'
(although that should probably be 'non-autoconfirmed'…).
Upstream bug:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545
References:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/2018-September/000223.html
Di
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie' [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-09-28·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2018-0503 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie' [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-0503 mediawiki: $wgRateLimits (rate limit / ping limiter) entry for 'user' overrides that for 'newbie' [fedora-all]
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NOTE:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041695https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3142https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3238https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3813https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2018-September/090849.htmlhttps://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169545https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4301
2018-10-04
Published