Vulnerability CVE-2018-0505

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-0505 (CCN-150264)

Assigned:

2017-11-27

Published:

2018-09-20

Updated:

2019-10-18

Summary:

Mediawiki 1.31 before 1.31.1, 1.30.1, 1.29.3 and 1.27.5 contains a flaw where BotPasswords can bypass CentralAuth's account lock

CVSS v3 Severity:

6.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
5.7 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): Low User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): None

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-287

Vulnerability Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-0505

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1041695

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2019:3142

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2019:3238

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2019:3813

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
mediawiki-cve20180505-sec-bypass(150264)

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Mailing List, Thu Sep 20 21:18:59 UTC 2018
[MediaWiki-announce] Security release: 1.27.5 / 1.29.3 / 1.30.1 / 1.31.1

Source: MLIST
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
[wikitech-l] 20180920 Security release: 1.27.5 / 1.29.3 / 1.30.1 / 1.31.1

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T194605

Source: DEBIAN
Type: Third Party Advisory
DSA-4301

Source: CCN
Type: MediaWiki Web site
MediaWiki

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.27.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.29.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:1.30.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 1.31.0 and < 1.31.1)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20180505000	V	CVE-2018-0505 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-10-04
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201805050000000	V	CVE-2018-0505 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2018-10-04
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20180505000	V	CVE-2018-0505 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2018-10-04
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201805050000000	V	CVE-2018-0505 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2018-10-04
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20180505000	V	CVE-2018-0505 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2018-10-04
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201805050000000	V	CVE-2018-0505 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2018-10-04

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