CVE-2018-0503
Mediawiki Improper Privilege Management
4.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.38%
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'.
How to fix CVE-2018-0503
To remediate CVE-2018-0503, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/mediawiki—upgrade to 1:1.31.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.27.5-1~deb9u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.27.5 or later
Is CVE-2018-0503 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1:1.31.1-1
- from 0, < 1:1.27.5-1~deb9u1
- >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |